- Reference
- Telopea 3: 562-563 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or spreading to prostrate annual (ephemeral), herb, 0.07-0.8 m high. Fl. blue-purple-yellow, Jan to May. Cracking black clay. Seasonally wet areas.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 30-65 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, Indumentum present, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-50 mm long, Indumentum present or glabrous, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-4.2 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow or mauve, 10-17 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.7-9 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.3-1.7 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.6-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-9 mm long, rarely hairy; indusium single, rarely hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April and May. Occurs in the Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Northern Kimberly (NK) and Central Kimberly (CK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.