- Reference
- Telopea 2:64 (1980)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to ascending herb, 0.01-0.05 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec. Granitic sandy loam, red sand. Rocky hills, granite rocks.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-35 mm long, 1-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire or lobed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 25-30 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.8-3 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 9-10 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense or sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.5-7 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.5-1.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mardabilla, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Wickepin, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.