- Reference
- Proc.Linn.Soc.New South Wales 92:213 (1968)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender shrub, 0.6-1.7 m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple, Jul to Nov. Stony gullies.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-50 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 2-4 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-6 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 13.5-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-13 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.5-2.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ravensthorpe.