Biology:Westringia rigida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Westringia |
| Species: | W. rigida
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| Westringia rigida | |
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Westringia cinerea R.Br. | |
Westringia rigida (common name stiff westringia)[4] is a shrub in the Lamiaceae family that is endemic to Australia .[3] and
Range
It is found in Western Australia,[4] South Australia,[5] Victoria,[6] New South Wales[7] and Tasmania.[3]
Description
Westringia rigida is a shrub, growing from 30 to 60 cm high, and has stiff and often tangled branches. The sessile leaves generally occur in whorls of three. The leaf blades are from 1.9 to 5.2 mm long by 1 to 2 mm wide, with entire margins and recurved to revolute, and both upper and lower surfaces are sparsely to densely hairy.[7]
The bracteoles are 1 to 1.5 mm long. The outer surface of the green calyx is densely hairy. The corolla is 6 to 7 mm long, and is white, frequently with a mauve tinge, and orange to orange-brown dots.[7]
Taxonomy
The species was formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Westringia rigida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/110286.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , pp. 501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36315778, Wikidata Q7247677
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Westringia rigida R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names::461925-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Westringia rigida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/9247.
- ↑ "Fact sheet for Westringia rigida". http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Westringia_rigida.
- ↑ "Flora of Victoria: Westringia rigida". https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/0f5048b7-96f5-40f5-b9d0-d27294d19f60.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Conn, B.J. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Westringia rigida". https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Westringia~rigida.
Wikidata ☰ Q15376739 entry
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