Westringia

Westringia
Westringia fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Prostantheroideae
Genus:	Westringia Sm.
Range of the genus

Westringia is a genus of Australian shrubs. As with other members of the mint family their upper petal (or lip) is divided into two lobes. There are four stamens - the upper two are fertile while the lower two are reduced to staminodes. The leaves are in whorls of 3 or 4. ^[1]

Distribution

Westringia has been found in the wild in all 6 states of Australia, as well as on Norfolk Island, but not in the Northern Territory.

Species list

The following is a list of the species of Westringia described and recognised by Plants of the World Online at Kew Gardens ^[2] and the Australian Plant Census: ^[3]

• Westringia acifolia G.R.Guerin (W.A.)
• Westringia amabilis B.Boivin (N.S.W., Qld.)
• Westringia angustifolia R.Br. - scabrous westringia (Tas.)
• Westringia blakeana B.Boivin - Blake's mint-bush
• Westringia brevifolia Benth. - greater shortleaf westringia
• Westringia capitonia G.R.Guerin
• Westringia cephalantha F.Muell.
• Westringia cheelii Maiden & Betche
• Westringia crassifolia N.A.Wakef. - whipstick westringia (Vic.)
• Westringia cremnophila N.A.Wakef. - Snowy River westringia (Vic.)
• Westringia dampieri R.Br. - shore westringia (W.A.)
• Westringia davidii B.J.Conn - David's westringia
• Westringia discipulorum S.Moore - white button bush
• Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth. - slender westringia
• Westringia fitzgeraldensis R.W.Davis & Jobson
• Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce - coastal rosemary
• Westringia glabra R.Br. - violet westringia
• Westringia grandifolia Benth.
• Westringia kydrensis B.J.Conn - Kydra westringia
• Westringia longifolia R.Br. - long-leaved westringia
• Westringia lucida B.Boivin - shining westringia
• Westringia lurida Gand.
• Westringia ophioglossa R.W.Davis & Jobson
• Westringia parvifolia C.T.White & W.D.Francis
• Westringia rigida R.Br. - stiff westringia
• Westringia rubiifolia R.Br. - sticky westringia
• Westringia rupicola S.T.Blake
• Westringia saxatilis B.J.Conn
• Westringia senifolia F.Muell. - alpine westringia
• Westringia sericea B.Boivin - silky rosemary; native rosemary
• Westringia tenuicaulis C.T.White & W.D.Francis - tufted westringia
• Westringia viminalis B.J.Conn & Tozer - Lord Howe westringia

References

1. Guerin, G.R. (2009). A revision of Westringia section Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 121-136.
2. "Westringia". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
3. "Westringia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

External links

• NSW Flora Online - Westringia