- Reference
- Telopea 3: 541-542 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. blue, Oct to Dec or Jan. Gravelly & sandy soils. Undulating plains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed or unribbed. Leaves compressed or flat, 20-45 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy or glabrous, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-32 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-5.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 13-17 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-5.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.5-2 mm wide on the narrower side, 2-2.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, October, November and December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Carnamah, Coorow, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Northam, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.