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''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or
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with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and blue, violet or pink, rarely white, two-lipped flowers.


Description

Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are multistemmed perennial subshrubs or herbs with a rosette of leaves, the leaves simple, sessile and sometimes with tootehd edges. The flowers have five very small sepals and petals joined at the base with two "lips" with unequal lobes. The
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s form a tube around the style and are attached to the petal tube. The fruit is a
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often with parts of the flowers remaining attached, and contains a single seed.


Taxonomy

The genus ''Dampiera'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''. The genus is named for William Dampier, an English sea captain who landed on the north-west coast of Western Australia in 1688 and 1699 and collected about twenty-five species of the first Australian plants to reach European herbaria.


Species list

The following is a list of ''Dampiera'' species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at May 2021: * ''
Dampiera adpressa ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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Dampiera alata ''Dampiera alata'' is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia. Description ''Dampiera alata'' is a perennial herb growing up to 40 cm, with no surface covering except on the inflorescence. The stems are flat and winged ...
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Dampiera altissima ''Dampiera altissima'', commonly known as tall dampiera, is an erect perennial herb of the family Goodeniaceae and is native to Western Australia. It is a perennial herb that generally grows to a height of up to and has flat, green-grey leaves. ...
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Dampiera angulata ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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Dampiera anonyma ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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Dampiera atriplicina ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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Dampiera candicans ''Dampiera candicans'' is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Description ''Dampiera candicans'' is an erect shrub growing to a height of 70 cm tall, with stems covered in brownish or gr ...
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Dampiera carinata ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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Dampiera cinerea ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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* '' Dampiera conospermoides''
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Dampiera coronata ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and ...
'' Lindl. - wedge-leaved dampiera * '' Dampiera decurrens'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera deltoidea'' Rajput &
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Dampiera dentata ''Dampiera dentata'' is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Description ''Dampiera dentata'' is a perennial herb growing up to 40 cm, with no surface covering except for the inflorescenc ...
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* '' Dampiera diversifolia''
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* '' Dampiera dysantha'' (
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* '' Dampiera eriantha''
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* '' Dampiera eriocephala''
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- woolly-headed dampiera * '' Dampiera fasciculata'' R.Br. - bundled-leaf dampiera * '' Dampiera ferruginea'' R.Br. * '' Dampiera fitzgeraldensis'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera fusca'' Rajput &
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- Kydra dampiera * '' Dampiera galbraithiana'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera glabrescens''
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* '' Dampiera haematotricha''
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Dampiera hederacea ''Dampiera hederacea'', commonly known as the karri dampiera, is an erect perennial herb in the family Goodeniaceae. The species, which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a st ...
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Dampiera incana ''Dampiera incana'', commonly known as the hoary dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with grey foliage and blue-purple flowers. Description ''Dampiera incana'' i ...
'' R.Br. - hoary dampiera * '' Dampiera juncea''
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- rush-like dampiera * '' Dampiera krauseana'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera lanceolata''
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- grooved dampiera * '' Dampiera latealata'' (
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* '' Dampiera lavandulacea'' Lindl. * '' Dampiera leptoclada''
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- slender-shooted dampiera * '' Dampiera lindleyi''
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Dampiera linearis ''Dampiera linearis'', commonly known as common dampiera or wedge-leaved dampiera, is an erect perennial herb in the family Goodeniaceae. The species, which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, grows to between 15 and 60 cm (6 ...
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Dampiera loranthifolia ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals a ...
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* '' Dampiera luteiflora''
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- yellow dampiera * '' Dampiera marifolia''
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* '' Dampiera metallorum''
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* '' Dampiera obliqua'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera oligophylla''
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- sparse-leaved dampiera * '' Dampiera orchardii'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera parvifolia'' R.Br. - many-bracted dampiera * '' Dampiera pedunculata'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera plumosa''
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* '' Dampiera purpurea'' R.Br. - purple dampiera * '' Dampiera ramosa'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera rosmarinifolia''
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* '' Dampiera roycei'' Rajput * '' Dampiera sacculata''
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- pouched dampiera * '' Dampiera salahae'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera scaevolina'' C.A.Gardner ex Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera scottiana
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* '' Dampiera sericantha''
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* '' Dampiera spicigera''
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- spiked dampiera * '' Dampiera stenophylla''
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* '' Dampiera stenostachya''
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- narrow-spiked dampiera * ''
Dampiera stricta ''Dampiera stricta'' commonly known as blue dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small sub-shrub with variable leaves and mostly blue, mauve or purple flowers. Description ''Dampiera stricta'' is an erect, slende ...
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- blue dampiera * '' Dampiera sylvestris'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera tenuicaulis''
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- slender-stemmed dampiera * '' Dampiera tephrea'' Rajput &
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* '' Dampiera teres'' Lindl. - terete-leaved dampiera * '' Dampiera tomentosa''
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Dampiera trigona ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and ...
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- angled-stem dampiera * ''
Dampiera triloba ''Dampiera'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Dampiera'' are subshrubs or herbs with sessile leaves, flowers with five small sepals and b ...
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Dampiera wellsiana ''Dampiera wellsiana'' is a herb in the family of Goodeniaceae and is one of approximately 70 species of ''Dampiera''. ''Dampiera wellsiana'' is native to Western Australia. It is a non-threatened, stoloniferous plant and is often defined by its ...
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Distribution

Species of ''Dampiera'' occur in all Australian States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5212940 Endemic flora of Australia Asterales genera