Westringia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Westringia |
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| Westringia fruticosa | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Prostantheroideae |
| Genus: | Westringia Sm. |
Westringia is a genus of Australian shrubs. As with other members of the mint family their upper petal (or lip) is divided into two lobes. There are four stamens - the upper two are fertile while the lower two are reduced to staminodes. The leaves are in whorls of 3 or 4.
Westringia has been found in the wild in all 6 states of Australia, as well as on Norfolk Island, but not in the Northern Territory.
Species list
The following is a list of the species of Westringia described and recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at Kew Gardens
- Westringia acifolia G.R.Guerin
- Westringia amabilis B.Boivin
- Westringia angustifolia R.Br.
- Westringia blakeana B.Boivin
- Westringia brevifolia Benth.
- Westringia capitonia G.R.Guerin
- Westringia cephalantha F.Muell.
- Westringia cheelii Maiden & Betche
- Westringia crassifolia N.A.Wakef. - whipstick westringia
- Westringia cremnophila N.A.Wakef. - Snowy River westringia
- Westringia dampieri R.Br.
- Westringia davidii B.J.Conn
- Westringia discipulorum S.Moore - white button bush
- Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth. - slender westringia
- Westringia fitzgeraldensis R.W.Davis & Jobson
- Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce - coastal rosemary
- Westringia glabra R.Br. - violet westringia
- Westringia grandifolia Benth.
- Westringia kydrensis B.J.Conn
- Westringia longepedunculata B.Boivin
- Westringia longifolia R.Br. - long-leaved westringia
- Westringia lucida B.Boivin - shining westringia
- Westringia lurida Gand.
- Westringia ophioglossa R.W.Davis & Jobson
- Westringia parvifolia C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Westringia rigida R.Br. - stiff westringia
- Westringia rubiifolia R.Br.
- Westringia rupicola S.T.Blake
- Westringia saxatilis B.J.Conn
- Westringia senifolia F.Muell. - alpine westringia
- Westringia sericea B.Boivin
- Westringia tenuicaulis C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Westringia viminalis B.J.Conn & Tozer
See also
In Spanish: Westringia para niños
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