- Reference
- Telopea 3: 540-541 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Herb or shrub, 0.15-0.3 m high. Fl. blue, Oct to Nov. Yellow sand.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-30 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-8 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 17-21 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 6-8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-1 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.2-1.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in October, November and December. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dalwallinu, Koorda, Perenjori, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo.