- Reference
- Prodr. 586 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rigid, divaricate & spiny shrub, 0.2-2 m high, with dwarf branchlets. Fl. white-cream/yellow, Jan to Dec.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 6-40 mm long, 1-8 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-4 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-12 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0-0.3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, yellow, cream or green, 8-14 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, 0.3-0.6 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Carnarvon (CAR), Hampton (HAM), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD), Nullabar (NUL), Dampier land (DL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N), Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, McLarty, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Pindanland, Recherche, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Abrolhos Islands, Canning, Central West Coast, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Irwin, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.