- Reference
- Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:552-553 (1905)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Diffuse, ascending perennial, herb or shrub, 0.1-0.5 m high. Fl. blue-white, Sep to Dec. Sand or sandy gravel, often over clay or laterite.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves compressed, 7-10 mm long, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 9-12 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white or blue, 15-27 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-11 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.6-1 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 12-25 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Moora, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo.