- Reference
- Fl.Australia 35:333 (1992)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Divaricate, spiny shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. blue-white, Sep to Dec. Red or yellow sand. Undulating plains.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 8-15 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 1-2 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-6 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla white, 17-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 8-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-9.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.5-0.8 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Yilgarn.