- 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, Apr to Oct. Red sand, sandy loam or clay. Sandplains, sand dunes.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-20 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-8 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.8 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue or mauve, 10-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-3.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-6.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.4-0.6 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD), Dampier land (DL), Ord-Victoria Plains (OVP) and Tanami (TAN) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) and Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Shield, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna.