- Reference
- Prodr. 584 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to decumbent perennial, herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. blue/white, Aug to Dec or Jan to Mar.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 7-30 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 5-7 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-9 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla white, blue or mauve, 12-16 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3.5-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.3-0.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Recherche.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance.