Anthocercis ilicifolia Hook., Bot. Mag. 57: sub t. 2961 (1830) subsp.  ilicifolia 

T: Swan River, W.A., Fraser s.n.; holo: K; iso: BM, K.

Erect shrub to 2.7 m with 1 or 2 stems, branches often tinged with purple, branches and leaves glabrous, rarely with scattered glandular hairs; seedlings with prickles on stems.

Leaves obovate to narrowly obovate-elliptic, occasionally spathulate or elliptic, sessile or almost so, 15–80 mm long, 7–35 mm wide, thick and fleshy, entire, or the juvenile leaves dentate.

Inflorescence panicle-like, leafless except at base; pedicels 3–8 mm long. Calyx 4–8 mm long; tube funnel-shaped, widest immediately below lobes, maximum diam. 2.5–3.5 mm, thin-textured.  Corolla 12–27 mm long, bright yellow, the striations purple to maroon; tube often tinged with purple outside; lobes linear, 6–18 mm long, 3–6 mm wide. Stamens 4–10 mm long; upper stamens 6–7.5 mm long. 

Capsule narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, acute to apiculate, 11–21 mm long. Seeds 1.4–1.9 mm long.

Endemic to the south-western coast of W.A. from south of Kalbarri to Perth.

Grows in calcareous sand; a colonising species common after fire or disturbance.