- Reference
- Nuytsia 13(2):369-372, Fig.3 (2000)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Small, spindly, prostrate shrub, 0.2-0.3 m high. Fl. white/blue, Jan. Deep sand, grey sand, loam, gravel. Near boggy lake.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-20 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-3 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 10-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-3.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-6.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.7-1 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.2-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5.2-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Manjimup, Nannup.