Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Known only from in and around the Wongan Hills.

Description

Shrub 1–2 m high. Branchlets hirsutellous to scabridulous with reflexed hairs. Phyllodes 5–9 mm long, l:w = 1.5–3, glabrous or margins sometimes sparsely ciliolate. Peduncles arranged in short racemes, 5–7 mm long, glabrous, infrequently sparsely hirsutellous; heads obloid, 50–70-flowered. Pods 4–5 mm wide. Seeds 3.5–4 mm long.

Habitat

Grows in rocky or lateritic clay or loam in mallee communities.

Specimens

W.A.: 12.8 km NW of Wongan Hills towards Piawaning, B.R.Maslin 1637 (MEL, NSW, PERTH); Wongan Hills, near T.V. translator tower, B.R.Maslin 4969 (PERTH); 11.3 km NW of Wongan Hills on road to Piawaning, M.D.Tindale 2791 (K n.v., NSW, PERTH).

FOA Reference

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

Author

Minor edits by J.Rogers

B.R.Maslin