- Reference
- Muelleria 2:139-142 (1969)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Glaucous, apparently leafless shrub, 0.5-2 m high, branches broadly winged. Fl. yellow, Apr to Aug. Sand & sandstone. Stony hillsides, creek banks, outcrops.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems flattened, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades absent or apparently so (reduced to scales), simple, alternate, continuous with stem, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, 3-4; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 6-7.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles 2-3 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 7.2-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 14-21 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present; standard 13-15 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 12-16 mm long, auriculate, keel 15-18 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1.2-1.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 14-19 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 7.5-16 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 40-45 mm long, 11-12 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in April, May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte and Ord-Victorian-Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.