- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 27 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, much-branched shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high, with thick, narrow, often terete leaves. Fl. blue/purple, Aug to Nov. Sandy & clayey soils. Sandplains, winter-wet depressions, slopes.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed or flat, 4-25 mm long, 1-1.3 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous) or present, with dense or sparse, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 0.8-2 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-7.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.8-1 mm long, hairy, with dense, dendritic hairs. Corolla blue, 9-16 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside, with wings, 1.5-3 mm wide, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-3.2 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Moora, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu, York.