- Reference
- Prodr. 587 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading to decumbent or climbing perennial, herb, 0.2-1(-2) m high. Fl. blue/white, Jun or Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy or clay, often gravelly soils. Swamps, creeklines, roadsides, slopes.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-50 mm long, 6-30 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1.5-6 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.5-1 mm long, hairy, with dense, dendritic hairs. Corolla blue, 6-8.5 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2.5-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-6 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.3-0.4 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.6-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2-3 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Collie, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona.