- Reference
- Telopea 3:494 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar to Oct. Red sand, loam. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 6-10 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 3-6 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-4 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.2 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla white, 13-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.3-3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-12 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Murchison (MUR), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mackay, McLarty, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Trainor, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Laverton, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.