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- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 1:322-323 (1863)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Erect, slender shrub, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. white/green & purple/blue, May to Sep or Jan. Sandy soils, gravelly laterite. Granite outcrops, flats, hills.
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 flat, Margins flat, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 8-22. Width mm wide 0.5-1. Inflorescences flowers axillary, solitary. Pedicel length mm long 1-4. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 2-2.5. Corolla lobes Colour purple, white or cream, blue or green, 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 6-7. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface warty with prominent raised glands. Indumentum Presence hairy or ciliate. Anthers Appendage present. Length mm long 0.8-1. Flowering Time April, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Jarrah Forest, Warren or Swan Coastal Plain.