- Reference
- Suppl.Pl. 395 (1782)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to ascending perennial, herb, to 1.2 m high. Fl. blue/blue-purple/white, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. Dark brown-black sandy loam, grey sand, wet brown peaty sand, ironstone gravel, granite, limestone. Flat to sloping landscapes, hillsides, near wetlands, watercourses, along river banks.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Eucla, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Mosman Park, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Nedlands, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Park, Wagin, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Williams, York.