Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Extends from near Morawa SE to Hines Hill and E to Boorabbin, W.A.

Description

Phyllodes subterete to flat, 4–7 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, at first appressed-puberulous, glabrescent; tip curved, ±innocuous. Peduncles 5–6 mm long, bearing 10–15-flowered heads; sepals ±spathulate. Pods 4–7 cm long, pale dull brown.

Habitat

A highly salt-tolerant species growing in alkaline, dark red-brown, coarse clay-sand overlying yellow-brown coarse clay-sand or sandy loam at margins of salt pans or lakes.

Specimens

W.A.: 4.5 km N of Kalannie on Goodland Rd, G.Craig 1600 (NY, PERTH); loc. id., 1632A (NSW, PERTH); near Lake O’Grady on Black Rd, c. 18 km NE of Kulja, G.Craig 1622 (MEL, PERTH); 3.5 km from Hines Hill towards Nungarin, B.R.Maslin 2339A (CANB, K, PERTH).

Notes

Most similar to subsp. latifolia.

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