Westringia fruticosa
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| Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce |
Westringia fruticosa (Coastal Rosemary) is a shrub that grows near the coast in eastern Australia. The flowers are white, hairy and have the upper petal divided into two lobes. They also have orange-to-purply spots on their bottom half.
This shrub is very tough and grows on cliffs right next to the ocean. Its tolerance to a variety of soils, the neatly whorled leaves and all-year flowering make it very popular in cultivation.
Kate Grant observed rare varieties of coastal rosemary on the exposed sand dunes between Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale in Victoria, Australia in December 2007. Often passed by the untrained and unobservant, this extraordinary find is thought to be quite unique to that area.
 Growing on exposed cliffs in Coogee, Sydney |
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