- Reference
- J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 46:134, 138 (1963)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Divaricate, ascending perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.3 m high. Fl. blue-white, Feb or Jun to Oct. Sand or loam over limestone. Coastal plains & dunes.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 5-9 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-11 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla mauve, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.2-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.3-0.4 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Carnarvon (CAR) and Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnarvon, Exmouth, Northampton, Shark Bay.