- Reference
- Emory, Rep.U.S.Mex.Bound.,Bot. 2 (2):38 (1858)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.5-1.3 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Apr to Jul. Orange/red/yellow sands, gritty alluvial sand, black/brown clay, alluvial cracking clays, limestone, calcrete. Stony ridges and hillsides, floodplains, along drainage lines.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mount Eliza, Nullarbor Plain, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.