- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:67 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to ascending perennial, herb, 0.2-0.5 m high, basal leaves present, mostly dentate; corolla hairy outside; sepals c. 3 mm long. Fl. blue, Nov to Dec or Jan. Sand or sandy loam.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-15 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 3-5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-17 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-5 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla pink, 10-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-7.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-9.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.8-2.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 2-2.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, November and December. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet.