- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:464-465 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rounded, prickly shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. purple-blue, May to Oct. Red sandy or clay, often stony soils. Sandplains, rocky outcrops & gullies.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne.