Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Scattered from near Dumbleyung S to Frankland (c. 60 km NW of Mount Barker) and E to Ongerup; also at Dunn Rock Nature Reserve (c. 160 km E of Dumbleyung) and near the Oldfield R. (c. 40 km E of Ravensthorpe).

Description

Phyllodes usually 15–35 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide, rather slender, mostly shallowly recurved, smooth. Peduncles (7–) 10–20 mm long; heads 20–30-flowered. Petals 1-nerved. Pods to 4.5 cm long, 4–4.5 mm wide.

Habitat

Grows often in gravelly sand in Eucalyptus woodland or low shrubland.

Specimens

W.A.: between Dumbleyung and Lake Grace, W.E.Blackall 3161 (PERTH); Swan R., J.Drummond (3:) 101 (BM, CGE, FI, G, OXF, P, TCD); 46 km S of Kojonup towards Rocky Gully, B.R.Maslin 3994 (MEL, PERTH); 22.5 km W of Ongerup, K.R.Newbey 551 (PERTH).

Notes

A variant from near the Oldfield R., c. 40 km E of Ravensthorpe, characterised by rather thick phyllodes to 5 cm long, resembles var. crassifolia (e.g. 22.7 km due SE of Muckinwobert Rock, M.A.Burgman 2707 & S.McNee, 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

Minor edits by J.Rogers