Appearance
It is a spreading or erect shrub which ranges in height from 0.3 to 1.2 metres and up to 2 m in width. It produces yellow, globular flowers between late winter and early summer. It has glabrous straight to slightly flexuose branchlets. Phyllodes are continuous with the branchlets, forming opposite wings with each one extending to the one underneath.Each one is mostly 2.5 to 7 centimetres in length and 0.6 to 2 cm wide. The free portion of phyllode usually 1 to 4 cm. The rudimentary inflorescences rudimentary with a globular flower heads that have a diameter of 5 to 6 mm containing 30 to 80 golden flowers.
After flowering black, glabrous, twisted and coiled seed pods are formed that are up to 2 cm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. The seeds are longitudinally arranged in the pods. They are oblong in shape with a length of 2.5 to 3.5 mm.
Distribution
The shrub is found over a large area through the Great Southern, southern Wheatbelt and southern Goldfields-Esperance regions. It is found from Arthur River in the west and north to Esperance in the east and south to the coast. It grows in gravelly clay lateritic soils. The plant is often part of woodland, tall shrubland and mallee communities.References:
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