- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading shrub, 0.3-1 m high, to 1.5 m wide. Fl. blue/white, Jul to Oct. Lateritic gravelly soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 8-20 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina terete, entire, incurved or recurved. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers dispersed singly, white or blue, hairy; floral bracts 2-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 3.5-7 mm long, irregular, glabrous or hairy; upper lip 1.5-2.7 mm long, hairy; lower lip 1-1.8 mm long, hairy or glabrous. Nut 1.5-2 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Boddington, Lake Grace, Pingelly, Waroona.