Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Occurs from West R. to Jerdacuttup, between Newdegate and Lake King, and at Cape Arid, E of Esperance, W.A.

Description

Branchlets densely pilose to villous. Stipules 4–8 mm long, scarious. Pinnae 6–15 mm long; apices acute but not recurved or spiny; terminal seta scarious, straight to shallowly incurved; pinnules 3–4 pairs, densely short-pilose with antrorsely curved hairs, 1-nerved below. Peduncles normally 15–20 mm long.

Habitat

Grows in deep sand and sand over laterite in tall open shrubland and, at E Mt Barren, in stony quartzite in heath.

Specimens

W.A.: between Lake King and Newdegate, T.E.H.Aplin 4532 (CANB, K, PERTH); Esperance–Cape Le Grande area, M.Hancock 275 (NSW); c. 24 km NE of No Tree Hill, E Mt Barren area, B.R.Maslin 977 (K, MEL, 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

B.R.Maslin