- Reference
- Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 3:764 (1814)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or rounded shrub, 0.2-1(-2) m high. Fl. purple-violet, Jan or Apr to Oct. Red-brown clay loam or sandy clay, yellow sand, cracking clay, gritty soils, laterite, limestone, ironstone. Stony slopes, undulating plains, breakaways, between coastal dunes.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Ningaloo, Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Busselton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Gingin, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Harvey, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Kulin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.