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Lechenaultia brevifolia D.A.Morrison

Reference
Brunonia 9:18-20 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, ascending shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. blue, Jul to Dec. Yellow or red sand. Undulating plains, sand dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 2.5-4 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-17 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.7 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 15-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, with wings, 2.2-3.3 mm wide, wings present on both sides. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 9-12 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Katanning, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Menzies, Yilgarn.