- Reference
- Nuytsia 16(1):163, Fig. 4 (2006)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb or shrub (subshrub), to 0.6 m high. Brown, grey, yellow or white sand, brown sandy loam, laterite. Slopes and flats.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 3-7 mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-14 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-9 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white or blue, 12-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 6-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.5-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.3-0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.4-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 10-18 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Northern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Gingin, Toodyay, Victoria Plains.