- Reference
- W.T.Aiton, Hort.Kew. [W. Aiton] Ed.2,3:7 (1811)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, silvery-grey shrub, 0.5-2.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple-pink-white. Yellow sandy clay, orange-brown sandy clay, red ironstone gravel, laterite, granite, limestone. Hillsides, garden escape on wasteland & road verges.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 15-30 mm long, 10-20 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present but early deciduous ( only visible on youngest leaves ). Pedicel present, 4-5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 6-7 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-11 mm long, multicoloured, mostly pink, purple or blue, with some pink, purple or blue spots, streaks or blotches; claws absent; standard 10-11 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 10-11 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6.5-7.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long; filaments free (or united at the very base), 6-7.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 6-8 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Flowers in June, August and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Harvey, Manjimup, Mundaring, Serpentine-Jarrahdale.