Slender shrub, 0.6-1.7 m high. Fl. pink-blue-purple, Jul to Nov. Stony gullies.
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions: Fitzgerald.
IMCRA Regions: WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ravensthorpe.
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-50 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 2-4 mm long, glabrous. Pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-6 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 13.5-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-13 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.5-2.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Threatened (T).
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