Biology:Westringia cephalantha

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Short description: Species of shrub

Westringia cephalantha
Westringia cephalantha - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Westringia
Species:
W. cephalantha
Binomial name
Westringia cephalantha
Map.Westringia cephalantha.jpg

Westringia cephalantha is a shrub in the Lamiaceae family that is endemic to Western Australia.[3]

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.[4]

Distribution

It is found in Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces.[4]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described in 1868 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, from a specimen collected by James Drummond.[1][2] There are no synonyms.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15376693 entry