- Reference
- Nuytsia 15(2):270-273, Fig. 1 (2004)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Multistemmed perennial, herb, to 0.5(-1) m high. Fl. blue-purple, Jun to Sep. Skeletal red-brown to brown gravelly soil over banded ironstone, basalt, shale and jaspilite. Hill summits, upper slopes (above 1000m).
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-28 mm long, 3-17 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4-8 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes absent, with dense. Corolla blue, 7-11 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-6.8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.5-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Hamersley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton.