Citation: F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:116 (1855).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Blue howittia.

Description:
An erect shrub usually 1.5-2.5 m high, ferruginous-tomentose on the rather slender branches; leaves entire or crenate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or cordate at the base, more or less acute; ferruginous-tomentose below especially on the conspicuous veins, green above, the blades 25-90 x 10-35 mm, on petioles 5-15 mm long.

Flowers 1-3 in each axil, to 2 cm diam.; calyx c. 7 mm long; petals violet, more than twice the length of the calyx.

Capsule partly enclosed by the calyx.

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 469.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: July — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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