Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Coastal and near-coastal areas (inland to near Jerramungup) from Albany (Mts Adelaide and Clarence) and Willyung Hill E to the Pallinup R., c. 100 km E of Albany, south-western W.A.

Description

Branchlets glabrous. Phyllodes linear, ±incurved, ±terete, (15–) 18–25 mm long, sometimes subpungent, strongly sulcate, glabrous, 6-nerved; gland about 1/3 or more from phyllode-base mostly on adaxial central nerve. Peduncles 8–15 mm long, glabrous. Pods to 3.5 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, thinly coriaceous. Seeds 1.5–2 mm long.

Habitat

Grows in loam or sand on or near granite hills and mountains, in shrubland and low mallee heath.

Specimens

W.A.: Mt Adelaide, Albany, A.M.Ashby (E, NY, PERTH); Pallinup R. near the Albany–Jerramungup road, A.R.Fairall 2265 (PERTH); Willyung Hill, A.S.George 9488 (PERTH, TLF); Mt Manypeaks area, S.P.Pfeiffer 24 (PERTH); Mt Clarence, Albany, L.Preiss 978 (C, FI, G, GOET, HBG, LUND, M, MO, NAP, NY, P, RO, STR, W).

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