- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 2:207 (1864)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low perennial, herb or shrub, ca 0.1 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Apr. Sandy & gravelly soils.
Scientific Description
Erect, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 16-30 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 5-7, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 1.5-2 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles present and persistent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly purple or blue, with some purple or blue spots, streaks or blotches. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 10-11 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in April. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Great Sandy Desert, Ord-Victorian-Plain and Tanami IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mackay, McLarty, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara, Halls Creek.