- Reference
- Engl., Pflanzenr. 277(Heft 54):187 (1912)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. blue, Jul to Nov. Yellow or red sand, sometimes over laterite. Breakaways, undulating plains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 4-10 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 1.7-2.5 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-2 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0-0.1 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 5-6 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-6.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-2 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 July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD) and Coolgardie (COO) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Shield.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies.