- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 27 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
- Name Status
- Current
Diffuse, ascending shrub, 0.15-1(-1.6) m high, with distinctive large corolla wings. Fl. blue, Jul to Dec. Lateritic or granitic soils. Hills, outcrops, flats.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 2.5-9 mm long, 0.4-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4.5-5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 12-25 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, with wings, 1.6-8 mm wide, wings present on both sides, 1.5-4.5 mm wide on the narrower side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, 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, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Chittering, Collie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Merredin, Moora, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Narrogin, Nedlands, Northam, Perenjori, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.