- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:43 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Virgate, ascending shrub, 0.25-0.8 m high. Fl. blue/blue & white, Aug to Dec. White sand. Coastal sandplains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 5-8 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 7-8 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 6-11 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 7.5-9.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 15-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 8-11 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.2-0.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 10-12 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August and September. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.