Westringia dampieri, commonly known as shore westringia,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, it grows in South Australia and Western Australia. It is a small, dense shrub with white, mauve, cream or purple flowers.
Westringia dampieri is a small shrub with more or less circular stems in cross section. The leaves are simple, arranged in whorls, 8–27 mm (0.31–1.06 in) long and 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide with simple surface hairs. The corolla may be cream, white, purple or mauve, markings in the throat, 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long, simple hairs and on a pedicel 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long. The calyx is moderately thick, has five lobes 1.2–2.2 mm (0.047–0.087 in) long and simple hairs. Flowering occurs in late summer, winter and early to mid spring.[3]
^ abHollister, C; Thiele, K.R. "Westringia dampieri". Florabase-the Western Australia Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^Brown, R. (1810). "W. dampieri". Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 501.
^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 178. ISBN9780958034180.
