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Lechenaultia expansa

Lechenaultia expansa
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Water
Likes moisture

About

Lechenaultia expansa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect subshrub with wand-like branches, crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and pale purple-blue, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

This lechenaultia grows in and near swampy heath and winter-wet areas in near-coastal areas of south-western Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions.

Other Lechenaultia plants

Lechenaultia acutiloba · Lechenaultia aphylla · Blue Leschenaultia · Lechenaultia brevifolia · Lechenaultia chlorantha · Lechenaultia divaricata · Lechenaultia filiformis · Lechenaultia floribunda · Red Leschenaultia · Lechenaultia galactites · Lechenaultia heteromera · Lechenaultia hirsuta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lechenaultia expansa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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