| Rush-like dampiera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Dampiera |
| Species: | D. juncea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dampiera juncea | |
Dampiera juncea commonly known as rush-like dampiera, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, upright perennial with blue-purple flowers.
Dampiera juncea is an upright perennial to 60 cm (24 in) high, becoming smooth except the flowers and the stems are slightly ribbed. The leaves are sessile, linear to needle-shaped to lance-shaped, dense, smooth or covered in occasional soft hairs, 3–50 mm (0.12–1.97 in) long and 1–20 mm (0.039–0.787 in) wide. The flowers are usually on solitary branches, up to 3 in a cluster, 12 mm (0.47 in) long, corolla blue-purple, pedicel up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long, bracteoles oblong-shaped and up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Flowering occurs mostly from August to November and the fruit is cylinder-shaped and up to 7 mm (0.28 in) long. [2] [3]
Dampiera juncea was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis . [4] [5] The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like". [6]
Rush-like dampiera grows inland on sandy, clay or gravelly soils in south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]
Dampiera stricta commonly known as blue dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small sub-shrub with variable leaves and mostly blue, mauve or purple flowers.
Brachyloma daphnoides, commonly known as daphne heath, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a small upright shrub with dull grey-green leaves and white tubular flowers.
Dampiera altissima, commonly known as tall dampiera, is an erect perennial herb of the family Goodeniaceae and is native to Western Australia. It is a perennial herb that generally grows to a height of up to 0.5 m and has flat, green-grey leaves. The leaves are mostly round and are between 8-60 mm long. Dampiera altissima flowers during the winter and spring, unveiling small blue-purple flowers. The herb is a ground cover plant found growing on the sandplains, laterite and sandstone of the southwestern region of Western Australia, most common in the Geraldton area north of Perth. The species is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant and is listed as “not threatened”.
Goodenia arthrotricha is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is an erect perennial, herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, racemes of blue flowers with linear bracteoles at the base, and oval fruit.
Goodenia concinna is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to coastal area of southern Western Australia. It is a perennial, herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves, and racemes of yellow or cream-coloured flowers.
Goodenia leptoclada, commonly known as thin-stemmed goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the extreme south-west of Western Australia. It is an ascending perennial herb with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and racemes of blue flowers.
Dampiera rosmarinifolia, commonly known as rosemary dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae.It is a perennial subshrub with linear leaves, mauve or purple flowers borne in leaf axils.
Dampiera incana, commonly known as the hoary dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with grey foliage and blue-purple flowers.
Swainsona monticola, commonly known as notched Swainson-pea, is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is an upright or sprawling perennial with fern-like leaves and purple pea flowers.
Streptoglossa adscendens, commonly known as desert daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and grows in all mainland states of Australia with the exception of Victoria. It is a ground cover, upright or ascending perennial or annual herb with purple or pink flowers.
Stenanthemum humile is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, erect perennial herb or shrub with white, woolly-hairy young stems, linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and densely, woolly-hairy heads of tube-shaped flowers.
Conostephium roei is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped, oblong or linear leaves with and white and purple or reddish brown flowers.
Ammobium craspedioides, commonly known as Yass daisy, is a species of perennial herb in the daisy family Asteraceae. It has slender stems, grey leaves and heads of yellow flowers and is endemic to New South Wales.
Swainsona canescens, commonly known as grey swainsona, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a small perennial herb with pink-purple or purple, yellow and green flowers and grows in Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
Dampiera lavandulacea is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with blue flowers.
Dampiera ferruginea commonly known as velvet beauty-bush, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a small, upright shrub with blue flowers.
Abutilon cryptopetalum is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a small, upright shrub with yellow or cream-white flowers and variable shaped grey-green leaves and grows in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Calocephalus platycephalus commonly known as western beauty-heads or yellow top, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright to sprawling herb with white hairy foliage and yellow ball-shaped flower heads and is endemic to Australia.
Swainsona gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or ascending perennial herb with imparipinnate leaves with up to 15 wedge-shaped or narrowly oblong leaflets, and racemes of up to 4 purple or blue flowers.
Dampiera adpressa commonly known as purple beauty-bush, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, understory shrub with purple flowers and grows in Queensland and New South Wales.