- Reference
- Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:577 (1905)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, branched shrub, 0.3-0.9 m high. Fl. white/violet-blue, Aug to Nov. Sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 8-20 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-3 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-1.3 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, dendritic hairs. Corolla white or mauve, 7.5-13 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.2-7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.5-6.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.6-1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.5-1.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2-2.7 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Koorda, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Perenjori, Trayning, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.