- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. blue-white, Aug to Dec or Jan to Mar. Sand, limestone. Coastal areas.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-65 mm long, 1-7 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-6.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 10-11 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside, 0.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bayswater, Cambridge, Carnamah, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Northampton, Perth, Rockingham, Wanneroo, Waroona.