Westringia glabra, commonly known as violet westringia,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with oval-shaped leaves and pinkish, mauve or purple flowers.
| Violet westringia | |
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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. glabra
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| Binomial name | |
| Westringia glabra | |
Description
editWestringia glabra is a small shrub to 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) high with pink, mauve or purple flowers that have darker purple spots in the throat. The leaves are borne in whorls of three, narrow-elliptic to lance-shaped, 12–20 mm (0.47–0.79 in) long, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide, edges rolled under, upper and lower surface smooth to sparsely hairy and the petiole about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The green calyx outer surface usually has occasional hairs, lobes more or less triangular shaped, 3–3.7 mm (0.12–0.15 in) long and 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide. Flowering occurs throughout the year.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editWestringia glabra was first formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[4][5] The specific epithet (glabra) is a Latin word meaning "hairless", "bald" or "smooth".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editViolet westringia grows on skeletal soils in gorges, rocky slopes and woodland in New South Wales and Victoria.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Westringia glabra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Westringia glabra". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b Conn, B.J. "Westringia glabra". PlantNET-NSW Flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Westringia glabra". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. London. p. 501.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 122.