- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:484 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1.2 m high. Fl. blue, Jul to Dec or Feb. Sand, red-brown lateritic sand, stony soils, gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 15-25 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina terete, entire, incurved or sigmoid. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers dispersed singly, blue, hairy; floral bracts 2-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4-9 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 2-4 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.5-1.5 mm long, hairy. Nut 2-2.8 mm long. Flowers in January, February, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.