Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Widespread in central Vic. from Skipton NE to near Bendigo and E to Licola. A single collection made in 1922, labelled ‘Grampians’, requires confirmation.

Description

Branchlets with ±sparse, closely appressed hairs. Phyllodes mostly narrowly elliptic, (1.5–) 3–6 cm long, 2–8 (–10) mm wide, mostly straight to shallowly recurved, with anastomoses occasional to few or occasionally absent; gland 3–10 mm above pulvinus. Peduncles (1–) 2–4 mm long (heads often superficially sessile at anthesis), glabrous or sometimes sparsely appressed puberulous; flower-heads ±5 mm long, 4.5 mm diam.

Habitat

Occurs in shrubland with scattered trees, as far as known.

Specimens

Vic.: Glenelg Hwy, 24 km SW of Ballarat and just E of Linton, T.B.Muir 2148 (MEL).

FOA Reference

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

Author

R.S.Cowan, B.R.Maslin