- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to prostrate perennial, herb, 0.035-0.3 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Aug to Dec. Sand. Sandplains, swampy areas, sandstone ridges.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-45 mm long, 7-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 10-20 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-7 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue or mauve, 17-29 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 7-13 mm long, with wings, 1.6-5 mm wide, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.6-5 mm wide on the narrower side, 2.4-5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Cranbrook, Denmark, Esperance, Harvey, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.