- Reference
- Nov.Holl.Pl. 1:55-56 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, procumbent to ascending shrub, 0.2-1.2 m high. Fl. blue-white, Aug to Dec. Sand. Sandhills, limestone ridges.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 45-100 mm long, 3-15 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4-5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla blue, 14-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 8-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-1.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Manjimup, Nannup, Northampton, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Wanneroo.