- Reference
- Sp.Pl. 1:130 (1753)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate or ascending annual or perennial (short-lived), herb, 0.1-0.2(-0.6) m high. Fl. white/blue, May to Dec or Jan. Saline & sandy soils, clay. Near salt swamps, samphire flats, along drainage lines, winter-wet depressions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mardabilla, McLarty, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Recherche, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Beverley, Brookton, Broome, Cambridge, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kulin, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Stirling, Subiaco, Swan, Toodyay, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Yalgoo, York.