Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Sporadic from Boyagin Rock S to Porongurup Ra., W.A.

Description

Shrub 0.5–1.5 m high. Branchlets puberulous to shortly pilose, sometimes villous; hairs ±patent and straight. Distal pinnae 2–6 (–12) mm long; pinnules 2–5 pairs, 2–4 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, with recurved to revolute margins, slightly thickened, sparsely to densely puberulous to hirsutellous. Flower-heads light golden to mid-golden.

Habitat

Grows in shallow sandy or rocky soil, usually in Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest or mallee communities.

Specimens

W.A.: Boyagin Rock Reserve, M.D.Crisp 6658 (PERTH); half way up Bluff Knoll, Stirling Ra., B.R.Maslin 1101 (K, PERTH).

Notes

Branchlet and pinnule indumentum on specimens from the north of the range is usually more conspicuous than on those from the Stirling and Porongorup Ranges. Sometimes confused with var. endlicheri.

FOA Reference

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 11A (2001), 11B (2001) and 12 (1998), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

Author

B.R.Maslin