| Westringia fitzgeraldensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Westringia |
| Species: | W. fitzgeraldensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Westringia fitzgeraldensis R.W.Davis & P.Jobson, 2013 [1] | |
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| Known range of Westringia fitzgeraldensis (in blue) | |
Westringia fitzgeraldensis is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Western Australia.
The specific epithet fitzgeraldensis refers to the type locality. [1]
The species grows as an erect, open shrub to 1.2 m in height. The leaves are 7.5–11.1 mm long and 1.1–1.6 mm wide, occurring in crowded whorls of four. The flowers are white, appearing in September. [1]
The species occurs in the Esperance Plains IBRA bioregion of south-western Australia. [2] It is known only from a single population, in a valley west of Hopetoun, in the Fitzgerald River National Park. There it is found on alluvial, orange-brown, loam soils with quartzite fragments, in open mallee woodland, in association with Eucalyptus uncinata , E. redunca , E. conglobata , Melaleuca pomphostoma , M. suberosa and Siegfriedia darwinioides . [1]
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