Dampiera dysantha
Dampiera dysantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Goodeniaceae |
Genus: | Dampiera |
Species: | D. dysantha |
Binomial name | |
Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Dampiera rosmarinifolia var. dysantha Benth. |
Dampiera dysantha (Shrubby Dampiera) is an undershrub in the family Goodeniaceae.[2] The species grows to 70 cm high[2] The flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs.[2][3] These generally appear between September and October in its native range.[2]
The species was first formally described as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia by English botanist George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dampiera dysantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ↑ Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.