- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, semi-woody perennial, herb, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. white/blue, Aug or Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. White or yellow sand, gravelly clay loam.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 5-9 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2.5-4.7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-5.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.2-0.4 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-6.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Westonia, Yilgarn.