- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 27 (1939)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb or shrub, to 0.5 m high. Fl. blue, Aug to Dec.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-55 mm long, 15-25 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 1-1.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-11 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with stellate hairs. Calyx lobes absent. Corolla blue, 10-10.5 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-4.2 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4.5-5.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.4 mm wide on the narrower side, 1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bayswater, Cockburn, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Fremantle, Kwinana, Manjimup, Wanneroo.