- Reference
- Nov.Holl.Pl. 1:56-57 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to spreading shrub, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Sep to Dec or Jan to Mar. Sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-55 mm long, 5-20 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 3.5-4.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-7.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue or mauve, 11-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy or glabrous on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside, 0.7-1.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Esperance, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe, Yilgarn.