- Reference
- J.Bot. 79:46 (1941)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual or biennial, herb, (0.15-)0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white/blue/pink, Mar or May to Oct. Stony loam, sandy soils, ferrugineous sandstone outcrops, limestone. Rocky ridges & hills, stony watercourses, claypans, dry lake beds, desert pindan.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.