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- Reference
- Nuytsia 1:201 (1971)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Slender erect or scrambling shrub, 0.1-0.6 m high, leaflets slender-terete, channelled above, pedicels 2-3 mm long. Fl. blue, May to Oct. Sandy soils. Heathland.
Scientific Description
Shrub, Spines absent, surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, cross-section +/- cylindrical. Indumentum Presence covered in hairs or scales, Type stellate (star shaped) hairs. Leaves Position opposite, Indumentum glabrous, Complexity compound, Cross section of leaves or leaflets flat, Margins revolute, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 10-25. Leaflets Number of leaflets 3-5, Length 5-18, Width 0.4-0.5. Inflorescences flowers axillary, solitary. Pedicel length mm long 2-4. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 2-3. Corolla lobes Colour blue, Number four, Petals valvate (meeting edge to edge) valvate, Corolla lobes (fused into tube) not connate, Prominent raised glands absent. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 3-7. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface smooth. Indumentum Presence hairy. Length mm long NaN (?). Anthers Appendage present. Flowering Time May, June, July, August, September or October. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Esperance, Swan Coastal Plain or Geraldton.