- Reference
- Proc.Linn.Soc.London 153:78 (1941)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Caespitose annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, to 0.6 m high. Fl. blue-purple, May. Red sandy loam, sandy alluvium, gravelly sand with pebble and stone wash. Undulating sandplains, along river banks and creeklines, coastal areas.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Central, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Roebourne, Rudall.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland.