- Reference
- Prodr. 581 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to ascending shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. blue-purple/blue-white, Oct to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils. Swampy areas.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 4-9 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1.5-5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4.5-5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 8-14 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.4 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.3-0.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, October, November and December. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering, West Arthur.