- Reference
- Prodr. 7:510 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Aug to Dec or Jan. Lateritic & granitic soils.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-40 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 4-12 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-8 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla mauve, 13-18 mm long, without auricles, rarely not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 6-7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.5-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers rarely free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 9-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Collie, Coorow, Dandaragan, Denmark, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Perenjori, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, West Arthur, Wongan-Ballidu, York.