About Halgania andromedifolia Behr & F.Muell. ex F.Muell.
Halgania andromedifolia, commonly called lavender halgania, is an upright, hairy, sparsely branched shrub that grows up to 1.3 meters (4 feet 3 inches) tall. Its leaves are oblong to narrowly elliptic, measuring 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) wide. The leaf margins are rolled under; the upper leaf surface is sticky, while the lower surface is whitish. Leaves have a blunt apex, and their petiole reaches up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Blue flowers grow at the ends of stems in small clusters, with clusters measuring 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter. The corolla is 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long, and the lance-shaped petals are hairy on their outer surface. Flowering takes place from August to November. The fruit produced is a drupe that contains a single seed. This species grows in loam, clay, and gravel soils, and can be found in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria.
