| Westringia acifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Westringia |
| Species: | W. acifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Westringia acifolia | |
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| Known distribution of Westringia acifolia (in blue) | |
Westringia acifolia is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with linear to needle-shaped leaves and white to cream flowers. [2]
Westringia acifolia is an upright, thickly branched shrub to 0.35 m (1 ft 2 in) high, the stems in cross section are more or less circular. The leaves are arranged opposite in crowded whorls, 6.5–15 mm (0.26–0.59 in) long, 1–2.2 mm (0.039–0.087 in) wide, linear to needle-shaped, simple surface hairs, margins curved under, apex sharply pointed, petiole 0.6–1.2 mm (0.024–0.047 in) long. The flowers are white to cream, the corolla 7.5 mm (0.30 in) long with simple hairs, and the style 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The bracts 1.2 mm (0.047 in) long with occasional simple hairs. The calyx has 5 lobes, 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long and simple, scattered hairs. The petals are oblong shaped, 1.6–1.8 mm (0.063–0.071 in) long, 1.2 mm (0.047 in) wide, the edges smooth or widely toothed and the apex rounded. Flowering occurs in December. [2] [3]
Westringia acifolia was first formally described in 2009 by Greg Guerin and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany . [3] [4] The specific epithet (acifolia) means "sharp leaved". [5]
This species grows in heath on brown clay and sand in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion of south-west Australia. [2]
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Grevillea coccinea is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a low-lying or sprawling shrub with narrowly wedge-shaped to linear leaves and white, cream-coloured, and red or yellow flowers.
Homoranthus tricolor, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-east Queensland. It is an upright shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and green, red and black flowers arranged singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils.
Cassinia nivalis commonly known as ochre cassinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy, deep reddish-purple branches, hairy, needle-shaped leaves, and cream-coloured to ochre heads of flowers arranged in a hemispherical corymb.
Cassinia tegulata commonly known as avenue cassinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a small area near the Victoria-South Australia border. It is a small to medium-sized shrub with hairy foliage, needle-shaped leaves, and dense heads of off-white to cream-coloured flowers arranged in corymbs.
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