''Westringia rupicola'' is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to

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Description

The species grows as a shrub with pendulous stems 30–50 cm in length. The oval to linear leaves are 2–4.5 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. The flowers are white to pale blue-lilac, with brownish dots.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Queensland, including the

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and Lamington National Parks. It grows in crevices in steep

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Melaleuca comboynensis ''Melaleuca comboynensis'', commonly known as cliff bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name ''Callistemon co ...

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Conservation

The species has been listed as Vulnerable under Australia's EPBC Act. The main threat to its habitat comes from invasive plants such as mistflower.

References

rupicola Lamiales of Australia Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Stanley Thatcher Blake Plants described in 1959 {{Australia-asterid-stub