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Lechenaultia floribunda Benth.
Free-flowering Leschenaultia

Reference
Endl.Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 70-71 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Diffuse, ascending shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. blue/white, Aug to Dec. White/grey or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves compressed, 2.5-8 mm long, 0.4-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-13 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4-6 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 10-16 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4.2-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4.2-8 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.4-0.6 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) 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, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kwinana, Melville, Mingenew, Morawa, Murray, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Subiaco, Swan, Victoria Plains, Vincent, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Wongan-Ballidu.