- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:232 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or sprawling shrub, 0.1-0.7(-1.5) m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple, Aug to Nov. Sandy & loamy, often damp soils. Granite hills & outcrops, near creeks, sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 8-25 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 5-6 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 4-6.5 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 5-5.8 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx pink or purple, 3.5-7 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, one. Corolla 0.7-2 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 1-2 mm long; anthers 1.6-2.2 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 0.8-1.5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time August, September, October or November. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.