Family: Goodeniaceae
Dampiera dysantha
Citation:
Rajput & Carolin1
Synonymy: D. lavandulacea sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 833 (1957), non Lindley.
, Dampiera rosmarinifolia Common name: None
Description:
Undershrub to 70 cm high; stems erect to decumbent, sparsely branched, deeply ribbed, glabrous or glabrescent, papillate; leaves oblong-elliptic, acute, 5-24 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, not crowded, entire to dentate, glabrous or glabrescent but papillate above, tomentose below, with more or less revolute margins.
Peduncles 1-3 in a cluster, tomentose, 11-17 mm long, 5-7-flowered; bract 5-7 mm long, leaf-like; bracteoles linear, 3-4.5 mm long; pedicel 1-2 mm long; sepals to 0.5 mm long, brownish-tomentose; corolla 11-18 mm long, blue, rarely lilac to white, tomentose outside with short appressed black and longer brownish hairs; posterior lobes narrowly elliptic, 5-7 mm long, with purple-red auricles 1-1.5 mm wide; anterior lobes elliptic-lanceolate, 4-5 mm long; style 3.5-4.7 mm long, tapered towards the apex; indusium c. 0.5 mm long, c. 0.6 mm wide, red-brown.
Fruit c. 2 mm long.
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Image source: fig. 629a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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On sandy loam soils.
S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE. Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept. — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
Dampiera dysanlha (Benth.)Rajput & Carolin, comb. & stat. nov. Basionym: D. rosmarinifolia var. dysantha Benth., Fl. Aust. 4:114 (1868).
Author:
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