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- Reference
- Fragm. 9:113 (1875)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Straggling shrub, 0.26-0.6 m high. Fl. blue, Sep to Nov. Sandy & gravelly soils, laterite. Swampy areas, granite outcrops.
Scientific Description
Shrub, Spines absent, surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, cross-section +/- cylindrical. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Leaves Position opposite, Indumentum glabrous, Complexity simple, Cross section of leaves or leaflets terete or subterete, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 3-5.5. Width mm wide 0.5. Inflorescences flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles) or flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles). Pedicel length mm long 4-5. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 2-3. Corolla lobes Colour blue, Number four, Petals valvate (meeting edge to edge) not valvate (overlapping), Corolla lobes (fused into tube) not connate, Prominent raised glands absent. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 7-9.3. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface warty with prominent raised glands. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Anthers Appendage present. Fruit Beak present (?) or absent (?). Flowering Time September, October or November. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren or Swan Coastal Plain.