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Lechenaultia papillata D.A.Morrison

Reference
Brunonia 9:12-14 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Diffuse, ascending shrub, 0.2-0.45 m high, with papillate leaves. Fl. blue, Oct to Nov. Sand, gravelly loam. Undulating plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 1.2-4 mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, papillate; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 6.5-8 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-3 mm long, hairy. Corolla blue, 9-12 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2-3.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.4-1.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7 mm long; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in October and November. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Mardabilla, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.