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STIFF WESTRINGIA FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Stiff Westringia
Description
The Stiff Westringia is a prickly shrub growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are in whorls of 3 or 4 around the stem and grow about 0.5 cm to 1 cm long and about 1 mm to 2 mm wide. The plant flowers in autumn, winter and spring, from April to November. The flowers are white, or whitish-lilac, with maroon or brownish spots on lower petals. The upper petal divided into two lobes.
Habitat
mallee, dry sclerophyll forest
Distribution
Stiff Westringia is found in the southern half of Australia, in south west Queensland, western interior of New South Wales, northern Victoria., southern South Australia, southern third of Western Australia, Tasmania
Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m
Spread: 0.6m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Lamiales | | Family: | Lamiaceae | | Genus: | Westringia | | Species: | rigida | | Common Name: | Stiff Westringia |
Relatives in same Genus
Westringia brevifolia
Westringia dampieri
Westringia eremicola
Westringia fruticosa
Westringia glabra
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