- Reference
- Telopea 3:204 (1988)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect woody perennial, herb or shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. violet/purple-blue, Aug to Nov. Sand, clay, stony loam. Rocky outcrops, rocky hillslopes.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 5-30 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels (3-)7-15 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0-0.4 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue or purple, 11-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 5-6.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-10 mm long, wings present on both sides, 2-3 mm wide. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR) and Coolgardie (COO) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder.