Westringia

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Westringia
Westringia fruticosa
Westringia fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Westringia
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Species

See text.

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.


List of species (incomplete)
  • Westringia amabilis B.Boivin
  • Westringia blakeana B.Boivin
  • Westringia cheelii Maiden & Betche
  • Westringia davidii B.J.Conn
  • Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth.
  • Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce
  • Westringia glabra R.Br.
  • Westringia kydrensis B.J.Conn
  • Westringia longifolia R.Br.
  • Westringia lucida B.Boivin
  • Westringia rigida R.Br.
  • Westringia saxatilis B.J.Conn
  • Westringia sericea B.Boivin
  • Westringia viminalis B.J.Conn & M.E.Tozer


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