Dampiera dysantha

Dampiera dysantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Dampiera
Species:
D. dysantha
Binomial name
Dampiera dysantha
Synonyms

Dampiera rosmarinifolia var. dysantha Benth.

Dampiera dysantha, the shrubby dampiera, is an undershrub in the family Goodeniaceae. The species grows to 70 cm high The flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs. These generally appear between September and October in its native range.

The species was first formally described as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia by English botanist George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dampiera dysantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Corrick, M.G.; Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.