- Reference
- J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 9:250 (1986)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Annual or perennial, herb or shrub, 0.05-0.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple-violet-pink/white, Jan to Oct. Red sand, rocky loam, clay, alluvium, ironstone soils, basalt. Rocky hills & gullies, pindan cliffs, sandplains, slopes, drainage lines, pools.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Chichester, Dune Field, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, King Sound.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.