Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Occurs from Yandanooka S to near Three Springs.

Description

Shrub 0.5–1 m high. Branchlets usually hirsutellous or shortly pilose with patent hairs. Phyllodes 5–10 mm long, l:w = 1.2–2.5, hirsutellous to hirtellous with hairs not restricted to midribs and margins; lateral nerves often pronounced when dry. Peduncles 1–3 per axil, 5–12 mm long, hirsute-hirsutellous; heads globular to shortly obloid, 30–40-flowered. Pods 4–5 mm wide. Seeds 3 mm long.

Habitat

Grows in rocky or lateritic loam in mallee communities.

Specimens

W.A.: c. 13.8 km N of Three Springs towards Mingenew, R.J.Cumming 2157 (MELU, PERTH); c. 6.4 km S of Arrino, B.R.Maslin 734 (PERTH); Yandanooka, 14 Sept. 1904, A.Morrison s.n. (NSW, PERTH).

Notes

Some specimens in the type collection are unusual in having glabrous branchlets and sparsely hairy phyllodes.

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