Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Occurs between Toodyay and Dryandra State Forest with disjunct occurrences near Lake King, W.A.

Description

Branchlets minutely appressed-puberulous, glabrescent. Phyllodes glabrous except base sometimes sparsely appressed-puberulous; pulvinus appressed-puberulous adaxially. Peduncles 2–5 mm long, subglabrous to ±sparsely appressed-puberulous.

Habitat

Grows in gravelly loam and gravel, usually on lateritic hills and ridges or sometimes associated with granite outcrops, in scrub and shrubland.

Specimens

W.A.: Baanga Hill, c. 16 km SE of Lake King townsite, B.R.Maslin 6320 (CANB, K, MEL, PERTH); Dryandra State Forest, D.Rose 190 (CANB, PERTH); Goonaring Springs, c. 20 km SW of Toodyay, late Nov. 1986, B.Rowley (PERTH).

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