- Reference
- PhytoKeys 152:88 (2020)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed or unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-40 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous) or present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or lobed. Bracteoles present, 1.2-2 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-20 mm long, Indumentum present or glabrous, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla mauve, 11 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4.2-4.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 0.1-0.2 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.1 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.1-0.2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary superior, not gibbose; style 7 mm long, rarely hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.