Dampiera dysantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Goodeniaceae |
Genus: | Dampiera |
Species: | D. dysantha
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Binomial name | |
Dampiera dysantha | |
Synonyms | |
Dampiera rosmarinifolia var. dysantha Benth. |
Dampiera dysantha, the shrubby dampiera, is an undershrub in the family Goodeniaceae. [2] The species grows to 70 cm high [2] The flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs. [2] [3] These generally appear between September and October in its native range. [2]
The species was first formally described as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia by English botanist George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868. [1]