Dampiera adpressa commonly known as purple beauty-bush,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, understory shrub with purple flowers and grows in Queensland and New South Wales.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Dampiera |
| Species: | D. adpressa
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Description
editDampiera adpressa is an upright perennial understory shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high with ribbed, needle-shaped leaves. The leaves are occasionally grouped in leaf axils, mostly oval-elliptic to lance-shaped or sometimes narrowly oblong-shaped, 1.1–5.5 cm (0.43–2.17 in) long, 2–23 mm (0.079–0.906 in) wide, margins smooth or toothed and sessile. Flowering branches are in groups of 3-5, 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long, corolla 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and covered with greyish long, soft, straight hairs. Flowering occurs in spring and summer and the fruit is smooth, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, more or less ribbed and wrinkly.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editDampiera adpressa was first formally described in 1839 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham and the description was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[4]The specific epithet (adpressa) means "appressed".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editPurple beauty-bush grows in forests and woodland from southern Queensland and New South Wales on the Great Dividing Range and western slopes and plains.[2][6]
References
edit- ^ "Dampiera adpressa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Carolin, R.C. "Dampiera adpressa". PlantNET-NSW FLORA ONLINE. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Rajput, M.T.M.; Carolin, R.C. (1992). Flora of Australia Volume 35 (PDF). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 60. ISBN 0644145536. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Dampiera adpressa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 130. ISBN 9780958034197.
- ^ Rajput, M.T.M; Carolin, R.C. ""Dampiera adpressa"". Flora of Australia online. ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2024.