Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Occurs from near Williams and Narrogin SE to Katanning, W.A.

Description

Subshrub, erect or sometimes sprawling, normally many-stemmed, sometimes spreading by subterranean runners. Branchlets densely puberulous-hirsutellous. Pinnules oblong to oblong-obovate, flat or with slightly recurved margins, excentrically apiculate, ±thick, grey-green, densely hirsutellous; gland on petiole, absent from rachis. Spikes cylindrical, bright golden. Seeds longitudinal to oblique; aril 1/4–1/2 length of seed.

Habitat

Grows in sandy gravel on laterite hills in open woodland.

Specimens

W.A.: c. 5 km N of Nyabing towards Kukerin, B.R.Maslin 5843 (AD, K, MEL, MEXU, NSW, PERTH); 126 km N of Kojonup on Albany Hwy, M.D.Tindale 362 & B.R.Maslin (K, PERTH, NSW).

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