- Reference
- Telopea 3:208 (1988)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.3-0.7 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Aug to Nov. Gravelly soils. Lateritic ridges.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-50 mm long, 2-9 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4.5-6.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-1.2 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 8-9 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.5-5.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.1-0.3 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.2-1.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Brookton, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Pingelly, Quairading, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams, Yilgarn, York.