- Reference
- Prodr. 586 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. white-cream/blue-purple, Mar to Aug. Sandy soils. Sandstone hills & rocks.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 4-9 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs, not papillate; margins entire. Corolla white, blue, purple or cream, 6.5-8 mm long, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in March and August. Occurs in the Ord-Victoria Plains (OVP) and Central Kimberly (CK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Chichester, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.