Herb 0.1–0.6 m high; stem and branches procumbent or decumbent, moderately hairy. Leaves triangular in outline, 1–4 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, tripartite-pinnatifid, shortly hairy, becoming glabrescent with age, ultimate segments uniformly linear to subulate and margin recurved. Inflorescence terminal, pedunculate; spikes usually solitary or several forming a corymb. Bracts shorter than calyx. Calyx 5-toothed, 6–9 mm long, strigose-canescent; corolla white to violet or purple, c. 1.5 times as long as calyx, tube 11–14 mm long. Mericarps 3–3.5 mm long. Flowers mainly Aug.–Dec.
VVP, MuF, CVU. Known in Victoria by four relatively recent collections, a 1986 collection from near the You Yangs, a 1997 collection beside the Sturt Highway near the South Australian border, a 1991 collection from Flemington, and a 2011 collection from Nyah West.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1999). Verbenaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 411–418. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
