Westringia rigida

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Westringia rigida
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Westringia
Species:
W. rigida
Binomial name
Westringia rigida
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Synonyms [3]

Westringia cinereaR.Br.
Westringia grevillinaF.Muell.
Westringia rigida var. brachyphyllaOstenf.
Westringia rigida var. brevifoliaBenth.
Westringia rigida var. dolichophyllaOstenf.
Westringia rigida f. graciliorDiels & E.Pritz.

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Westringia rigida (common name stiff westringia) [4] is a shrub in the Lamiaceae family that is endemic to Australia, [3] and found in Western Australia, [4] South Australia, [5] Victoria, [6] New South Wales [7] and Tasmania. [3]

Description

Westringia rigida is a shrub, growing from 30 to 60 cm high, and has stiff and often tangled branches. The sessile leaves generally occur in whorls of three. The leaf blades are from 1.9 to 5.2 mm long by 1 to 2 mm wide, with entire margins and recurved to revolute,and both upper and lower surfaces are sparsely to densely hairy. [7]

The bracteoles are 1 to 1.5 mm long. The outer surface of the green calyx is densely hairy. The corolla is 6 to 7 mm long, and is white, frequently with a mauve tinge, and orange to orange-brown dots. [7]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Westringia rigida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 501, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.3678, Wikidata   Q7247677
  3. 1 2 3 "Westringia rigida R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Westringia rigida". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. "Fact sheet for Westringia rigida". www.flora.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. "Flora of Victoria: Westringia rigida". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Conn, B.J. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Westringia rigida". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 January 2021.