Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Common from Mullewa SSE to near Lake Biddy (which is c. 45 km due NE of Lake Grace) and E to near Coolgardie and Norseman in south-western W.A.

Description

Phyllodes mostly 5–9.5 cm long, 0.8–1.3 mm diam., commonly light or bright green; pulvinus slender, cylindrical. Flower-heads mostly 30–40-flowered; bracteoles dark with at least apex well-exserted. Sepals more than 1/2 as long as the 1/2–2/3-united petals.

Habitat

Grows in mallee heath and scrub, on wet, low-lying areas on hillocks and mountain slopes, in grey to yellow and brown sand or clay to sandy clay, often gravelly, to reddish granitic loam, overlying laterite or granite.

Specimens

W.A.: 16 km E of Mullewa, R.J.Cumming 1934 (BRI, MEL, NSW, PERTH); Bendering, C.A.Gardner 9461 (CANB, G, NY, PERTH); 16 km W of Moorine Rock, B.R.Maslin 3201 (AD, NSW, PERTH); Stennet Rock, c. 48 km SSW of Norseman, K.Newbey 7679.

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