- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:111 (1869)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. blue, May to Sep or Dec. Sandy, sometimes gravelly soils. Roadsides, plains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-30 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 3-4 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-1.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes absent. Corolla blue or pink, 8.5-12 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-6.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.6-0.7 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.8-0.9 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in May, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Edel, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Tallering, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Dalwallinu, Greater Geraldton, Morawa, Northampton, Perenjori, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Yalgoo.