- Reference
- Telopea 3:196 (1988)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to ascending perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.5 m high. Fl. blue/white, Sep to Nov. Sandy & gravelly soils.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 5.5-15 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 8-10 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2.3-3.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-10 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 8-10 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense or sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2.7-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4.5-7 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.3-2 mm wide on the narrower side, 2-3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kulin, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Nungarin, Westonia.