- Reference
- Fragm. 2:19-20 (1860)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. blue/white, Jul to Oct. Sandy clay soils over laterite or sandstone. Sandstone outcrops, coastal dunes, drainage areas.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 25-65 mm long, 3-12 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-8 mm long, hairy, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 20-30 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 10-14 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8-18 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.7-2.4 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-11 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chapman Valley, Greater Geraldton, Northampton.