Westringia rigida

Common name:         Stiff Westringia

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

Flowers

• The bracteoles are 1 to 1.5 mm long

• The outer surface of the green calyx is densely hairy

• The corolla is 6 to 7 mm long, and is white, frequently with a mauve tinge, and orange to orange-brown dots

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• The sessile leaves generally occur in whorls of three

• The leaf blades are from 1.9 to 5.2 mm long by 1 to 2 mm wide

• They have entire margins and recurved to revolute

• Both upper and lower surfaces are sparsely to densely hairy

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Westringia rigida is a shrub, growing from 30 to 60 cm high, and has stiff and often tangled branches

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• It is found in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The species was formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown