Citation: F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 3:49 (1862).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Limestone cassia.

Description:
Shrub, rounded or flat-topped, often widespreading, sombre-green or glaucous, variously sparsely pubescent; leaflets 1-3 pairs, lower pair smaller, elliptic to obovate, obtuse, generally firm and coriaceous, mid-nerve prominent below.

Flowers 6-20 in long or short or subumbellate racemes; stamens all fertile, 1 or 2 lower ones longer; pod to 7 x 1.5-2.5 cm, flat, oblong or slightly curved, sometimes sparsely pubescent.

Seeds thick, flattish, obovate, dark, dull.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 381.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: in winter to early summer, June — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: C. oligophylla forms a difficult taxonomic complex with C helmsii and C nemophila var. coriacea and many intermediate forms may be found.

Author: Not yet available