Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Known only from the Ongerup–Pingrup area (Pingrup is c. 45 km N of Ongerup), south-west W.A.

Description

Shrub 1.6–2 m high. Stipules occasionally persistent, c. 2 mm long, c. 0.3 mm wide. Phyllodes subdistant, linear-oblanceolate, incurved, (2.5–) 3–5.5 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, l:w = 8–13; gland 1–5 mm above pulvinus. Peduncles 3–6 mm long.

Habitat

Grows in loam over clay in low woodland of Eucalyptus spathulata or open shrub mallee with E. transcontinentalis.

Specimens

W.A.: Ongerup area, K.Newbey 3010 (MEL, NSW, PERTH).

Notes

Plants of this subspecies are the tallest in the species.

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.Reid & J.Rogers