- Reference
- Proc.Amer.Acad.Arts 47:206 (1911)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Multi-stemmed, straggling perennial, herb or shrub (subshrub), 0.15-0.6 m high, leaves glabrous, glandular or pilose, bases decurrent. Fl. white-pink-blue-purple, Jan to Dec. Seasonally wet areas, swamps, claypans, dry rivers, tidal flats.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.