- Reference
- Jessop & Toelken, Fl.S.Austral. Ed.4,1402-1403 (1986)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to erect, semi-woody herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec. Sand, clay. Flats.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 22-45 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-4 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 20-26 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-13 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 13-16 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 2.4-3 mm wide on the narrower side, 2.5-4 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Mardabilla, Recherche, Shield, Trainor, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Wiluna.