- Reference
- J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 47:63 (1964)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, short-lived annual or perennial, herb, 0.2-0.5 m high. Fl. purple-blue/pink-purple, Oct to Dec or Jan. Red sand. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-45 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 4.5-5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5.5-7 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla purple, 15-17 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside, with wings, 0.7-1.3 mm wide, wings present on both sides. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, October, November and December. Occurs in the Carnarvon (CAR) and Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Edel, Geraldton Hills, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chapman Valley, Northampton, Shark Bay.