Westringia angustifolia

Common name:         Scabrous Westringia

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (angustifolia) means "narrow leaved"

Flowers

• The flowers are borne in leaf axils on a pedicel,

• They may be white to pale lilac, with yellow, crimson or purple dots on the lower petals of the throat

• Flowering occurs from October to December and most likely pollinated by insects

Fruit:                            

• A nutlet with furrowed veins on the surface

Leaves:         

• The leaves are arranged mostly in whorls of three, about 1.5–3.5 mm long, on upright, slender stems about 1–2 mm long

• They are slightly bent backwards and a sharp tip at the apex

• The lower surface has soft, silky hairs, the upper surface sometimes covered in small, coarse hairs

Stem & branches: 

• Rigid, spreading branches

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is a small, upright shrub 1–3 m high

Habitat:   

• It is found mainly in dry, shrubby understorey and rocky hillsides often associated with riverbanks, on dolerite soils, at altitudes of 300–900 m

Distribution:                  

• An uncommon species in Tasmania 

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • Westringia angustifolia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen