- Reference
- Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 9:21 (1857)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-0.8(-1) m high. Fl. blue-purple, Jan or Apr to Nov. Red sand, sandy gravelly soils. Sandplain & dunes, stony hillsides.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Laverton, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Wiluna.