- Reference
- Fragm. 3:19 (1862)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to erect annual, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. purple-blue-pink, Jul to Oct. Red sand.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 25-130 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-15 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 7-8.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla mauve, 18-22 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 5-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8-13 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.5-1 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Cape Range, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Rudall, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.