- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to decumbent perennial, herb or shrub, 0.1-0.6 m high, leaves ovate-orbicular or obovate. Fl. blue, Aug to Nov. Sandy or clay, often gravelly soils. Granite rock, lateritic rises.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 8-25 mm long, 5-18 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous) or present, with sparse, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-3 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-10 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0-0.4 mm long, hairy, with dense, dendritic hairs. Corolla blue or purple, 10-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4.5-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.2-7.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.8-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September and November. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Dumbleyung, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Nungarin, Quairading, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Woodanilling.