- Reference
- Telopea 3:200-201 (1988)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, woody perennial, herb, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. blue, Aug to Nov. Sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-50 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 5-9 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1.5-3.7 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes absent. Corolla blue, 10-13 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.4-1 mm wide on the narrower side, 2-2.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-4.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Cockburn, Collie, Dardanup, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Kwinana, Manjimup, Murray, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, West Arthur.