- Reference
- J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 19:97-99,Fig.1 (2000)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Small, tufted perennial, herb, to 0.6 m high. Fl. blue, Oct. Powdery pale yellow brown loam, gypsum, calcrete. Around salt lakes.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-20 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins lobed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5.5-7 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white or yellow, 7-9.5 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.1-0.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in October. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Maralinga, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Wiluna.