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Westringia fitzgeraldensis R. W. Davis & Jobson

Westringia fitzgeraldensis

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Westringia fitzgeraldensis is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Western Australia.

Etymology

The specific epithet fitzgeraldensis refers to the type locality.[1]

Description

The species grows as an erect, open shrub to 1.2 m in height. The leaves are 7.5–11.1 mm long and 1.1–1.6 mm wide, occurring in crowded whorls of four. The flowers are white, appearing in September.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Esperance Plains IBRA bioregion of south-western Australia.[2] It is known only from a single population, in a valley west of Hopetoun, in the Fitzgerald River National Park. There it is found on alluvial, orange-brown, loam soils with quartzite fragments, in open mallee woodland, in association with Eucalyptus uncinata, E. redunca, E. conglobata, Melaleuca pomphostoma, M. suberosa and Siegfriedia darwinioides.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Davis, Robert W; Jobson, Peter (2013). "Two new species of Westringia sect. Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae) from the south-west of Western Australia". Nuytsia. 23: 271–276. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Westringia fitzgeraldensis R.W.Davis & Jobson". Florabase. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia. 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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Westringia fitzgeraldensis: Brief Summary

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Westringia fitzgeraldensis is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Western Australia.

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