- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:483 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Sprawling, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. blue, Jul to Oct. Sandy clay, lateritic soils. Winter-wet flats, low hills.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.20-0.50 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 25-140 mm long, 3-20 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire, erect. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters stalked, pink or blue, hairy; floral bracts 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-8 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 4-5.2 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Nut 2-2.3 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 Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Kojonup, Manjimup, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling.