Biology:Dampiera dysantha

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Short description: Species of plant

Dampiera dysantha
Dampiera dysantha.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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, the 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. 1.0 1.1 "Dampiera dysantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=DAMPIERA+dysantha. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  2. 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. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Goodeniaceae&genus=Dampiera&species=dysantha. Retrieved 2009-07-05. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  3. Corrick, M.G.; Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5212941 entry