Westringia eremicola

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Slender westringia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Westringia
Species:
W. eremicola
Binomial name
Westringia eremicola

Westringia eremicola, commonly known as slender westringia or slender western rosemary, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small shrub, with narrow leaves and pink, mauve to white flowers.

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Description

Westringia eremicola is a slender shrub growing to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high. The leaves are on a petiole 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long, usually in whorls of three, narrow-elliptic to linear, mostly 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) long, 0.8–1.6 mm (0.031–0.063 in) wide, margins smooth, curved under, and both surfaces with more or less flattened, simple, upright hairs. The flowers are borne in leaf axils usually at the end of branches, they may be mauve, purple or occasionally white, corolla 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long, petals triangular, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, and the lower petal has orange to brown spots. Flowering may occur anytime throughout the year and the fruit is a mericarp 1.3–1.5 mm (0.051–0.059 in) long. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Westringia eremicola was first formally described in 1834 based on plant material collected by Allan Cunningham and the description was published in Labiatarum Genera et Species. [5] [6] The specific epithet (eremicola) means "lonely". [7]

Distribution and habitat

Slender westringia grows in mallee on sandy soils in Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. [2] Associated species include Calytrix tetragona , as well as Acacia , Daviesia , Leptospermum , Leucopogon and Triodia species. [3]

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References

  1. "Westringia eremicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Westringia eremicola". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (1989). Native Plants of the Sydney District. Sydney: Kangaroo Press. p. 296. ISBN   0864172613.
  5. "Westringia eremicola". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  6. Cunningham, Alan (1834). Labiatarum Genera et Species. p. 459.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 192. ISBN   9780958034180.