- Reference
- Fragm. 1:116 (1859)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Caespitose perennial, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan to Dec. Sandy or clayey soils. Seasonally wet depressions, swamps, near watercourses.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-90 mm long, 0.7-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 5-6 mm long, hairy or glabrous, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-45 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2 mm long, hairy or glabrous, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-14 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-4 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.2-0.8 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.4-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4.5-8.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD), Dampier land (DL), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Northern Kimberly (NK) and Central Kimberly (CK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) and Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.