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Westringia
''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.Guerin, G.R. (2009). A revision of ''Westringia'' section ''Cephalowestringia'' (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 121-136. 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 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at Kew Gardens *'' 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. - gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Eremicola
''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.Guerin, G.R. (2009). A revision of ''Westringia'' section ''Cephalowestringia'' (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 121-136. 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 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at Kew Gardens *'' 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. - gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Cremnophila
''Westringia cremnophila'', commonly known as Snowy River westringia, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, a rare shrub that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a small shrub with leaves mostly in groups of three and white flowers. Description ''Westringia cremnophila'' is a shrub to high, much-branched and thickly covered with slightly flattened white hairs, and found growing out of steep cliffs. The leaves are arranged in whorls mostly in groups of three, oblong or almost linear shaped, long, wide, thickly hairy when young, becoming smooth, margins distinctly rolled under, apex rounded occasionally sharply points and on a petiole long. The flowers are in racemes, the corolla about long, white with a mauve tinge and yellow-brown spotted throats. The calyx tube long, lobes about long and up to wide and the outer surface thickly covered with white hairs. Flowering occurs in spring. Taxonomy and naming ''Westringia cremnophila'' was first formally descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Crassifolia
''Westringia crassifolia'', commonly known as whipstick westringia, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a rare shrub with narrow leaves and lavender-purple or pink flowers in spring. Description ''Westringia crassifolia'' is a upright, slender shrub growing to high, and branches with occasional or moderately covered in short, soft hairs. The dark green leaves are arranged in whorls of 3, narrowly oblong or elliptic, long, wide, surface covered moderately to thinly with short hairs, margins minutely toothed, apex rounded with a slightly hardened point on a short pedicel. The calyx is green, outer surface thickly to moderately hairy, lobes triangular-shaped, long, about wide. The corolla is blue-mauve or pink, hairy on the outside, long, orange yellow dots in the throat and borne at the end of branches. Flowering occurs in August and September, and the fruit is a dry four-seeded nutlet. Taxonomy and naming ''Westrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Angustifolia
''Westringia angustifolia'', commonly known as scabrous westringia, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a small, upright shrub with mauve or white flowers. Description ''Westringia angustifolia'' is a small shrub, high with rigid, spreading branches. The leaves are arranged mostly in whorls of three, about long, on upright, slender stems about long, slightly bent backwards and a sharp tip at the apex. The lower surface has soft, silky hairs, the upper surface sometimes covered in small, coarse hairs. The flowers are borne in leaf axils on a pedicel, they may be white to pale lilac, with yellow, crimson or purple dots on the lower petals of the throat. Flowering occurs from October to December and most likely pollinated by insects, the fruit is a nutlet with furrowed veins on the surface. Taxonomy and naming ''Westringia angustifolia'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in ''Prodr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Dampieri
''Westringia dampieri'', commonly known as shore westringia, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, it grows in South Australia and Western Australia. It is a small, dense shrub with white, mauve, cream or purple flowers. Description ''Westringia dampieri'' is a small shrub with more or less circular stems in cross section. The leaves are simple, arranged in whorls, long and wide with simple surface hairs. The corolla may be cream, white, purple or mauve, markings in the throat, long, simple hairs and on a pedicel long. The calyx is moderately thick, has five lobes long and simple hairs. Flowering occurs in late summer, winter and early to mid spring. Taxonomy naming ''Westringia dampieri'' was first formally described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown based on specimens collected at King George Sound and the description was published in ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''. The name has been misapplied to ''Westringia eremicola'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Blakeana
''Westringia blakeana'' is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland. It is a small shrub with mauve to whitish flowers with brown spots and leaves arranged in whorls. Description ''Westringia blakeana'' is a shrub that grows to high. The leaves are borne in whorls of three, lanceolate to linear shaped, about long, wide, margins slightly curved under, both surfaces smooth or with occasional hairs and the petiole long. The bracteoles long, the calyx is green, smooth or with occasional hairs on the outer surface. The corolla about long, petals triangular shaped, narrow, long, wide, light mauve to whitish with brown spots. Flowering may occur throughout the year though mostly in spring. Taxonomy and naming ''Westringia blakeana'' was first formally described in 1949 by Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin from a specimen collected by Stanley Thatcher Blake in Lamington National Park at an altitude of 2,400 feet, and the description ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Amabilis
''Westringia amabilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland. It is a small shrub with ovate-shaped leaves and light mauve to white flowers and brownish spots in the throat. Description ''Westringia amabilis'' is a shrub high with an open habit. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three, oval to narrowly oval shaped, long, wide, margins smooth and usually slightly curved under, upper and lower surface sparsely hairy on a petiole long. The bracteoles long, the calyx is green, lobes triangular shaped, tube long, wide and the outer surface has occasional hairs. The corolla long, and is light mauve to white with brownish spots in the throat. Flowering occurs throughout the year. Taxonomy and naming ''Westringia amabilis'' was first formally described in 1949 by Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin and the description was published in ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland''. The specific epithet (''amabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Acifolia
''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. Description ''Westringia acifolia'' is an upright, thickly branched shrub to high, the stems in cross section are more or less circular. The leaves are arranged opposite in crowded whorls, long, wide, linear to needle-shaped, simple surface hairs, margins curved under, apex sharply pointed, petiole long. The flowers are white to cream, the corolla long with simple hairs, and the style long. The bracts long with occasional simple hairs. The calyx has 5 lobes, long and simple, scattered hairs. The petals are oblong shaped, long, wide, the edges smooth or widely toothed and the apex rounded. Flowering occurs in December. Taxonomy and naming ''Westringia acifolia'' was first formally described in 2009 by Greg Guerin and the description was published in ''Australian Systematic Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Brevifolia
''Westringia brevifolia'', also known as the greater shortleaf westringia, is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... References brevifolia Lamiales of Australia Flora of Tasmania Taxa named by George Bentham Plants described in 1834 {{Australia-asterid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Fruticosa
''Westringia fruticosa'', the coastal rosemary or coastal westringia, is a shrub that grows near the coast in eastern Australia. Description The flowers are white, hairy and have the upper petal divided into two lobes. They also have orange-to-purply spots on their bottom half. This shrub is very tough and grows on cliffs right next to the ocean. Cultivation The plant's tolerance to a variety of soils, the neatly whorled leaves and all-year flowering make it very popular in cultivation. It (or its cultivar(s)) is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...'s Award of Garden Merit. Gallery File:Westringia_fruticosa_habitat.jpg, Growing on exposed cliffs in Coogee, Sydney File:Westringia_fruticosa_habit.jpg File:Westringia_ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Davidii
''Westringia davidii'', also known as David's Westringia, is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Australia. Description The species grows as a shrub to about 2 m in height. The oval leaves are 7–20 mm long and are grouped around the stem in whorls of three. The white or mauve flowers grow in clusters of up to 12 and can appear at any time of year. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the coastal ranges of south-eastern New South Wales, west of Pambula and Eden. There it is restricted to shallow, organic loam soils in the ecotone between rocky outcrops vegetated with shrubland and herbs, and open forest dominated by Silvertop Ash. Conservation The species is listed as Vulnerable under both Australia's EPBC Act and New South Wales' Biodiversity Conservation Act. Threats include browsing by goats and introduced deer, as well as anthropogenic changes in the frequency of wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westringia Cephalantha
''Westringia cephalantha'' is a shrub in the Lamiaceae family that is endemic to Western Australia. Description It is an erect, compact shrub growing from 10 cm to 150 cm high, on sandy and clayey soils or laterite. Its white flowers may be seen from July to December or January. Distribution It is found in Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces. Taxonomy The species was formally described in 1868 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ... in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'', from a specimen collected by James Drummond. There are no synonyms. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15376693 cephalantha Eudicots of Western Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1868 Lamiales of Australia< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
