- Reference
- Ann.Wiener.Mus.Naturgesch. 2:204 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spiny shrub, 0.07-0.6(-0.9) m high. Fl. blue-purple, Aug to Dec or Jan to May. Variety of soils over laterite, sandstone, granite or limestone.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cue, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Meekatharra, Merredin, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mundaring, Narembeen, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, York.