- Reference
- Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 69 (1837)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or decumbent perennial, herb, 0.1-0.5 m high. Fl. white-blue, Aug to Dec. Sandy soils. Winter-wet depressions & swamps.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 35-110 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 4-6 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0-1 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla white or mauve, 9-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside, 0.3-1 mm wide; outer lobes 3-7 mm long. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Boyup Brook, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Collie, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, York.