Westringia blakeana is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland. It is a small shrub with mauve to whitish flowers with brown spots and leaves arranged in whorls.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Westringia |
| Species: | W. blakeana
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| Binomial name | |
| Westringia blakeana | |
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| Known range of Westringia blakeana (in blue) | |
Description edit
Westringia blakeana is a shrub that grows to 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) high. The leaves are borne in whorls of three, lanceolate to linear shaped, about 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) long, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide, margins slightly curved under, both surfaces smooth or with occasional hairs and the petiole 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. The bracteoles 3.8–5.5 mm (0.15–0.22 in) long, the calyx is green, smooth or with occasional hairs on the outer surface. The corolla about 10 mm (0.39 in) long, petals triangular shaped, narrow, 5–5.5 mm (0.20–0.22 in) long, 1–1.3 mm (0.039–0.051 in) wide, light mauve to whitish with brown spots. Flowering may occur throughout the year though mostly in spring.[2]
Taxonomy and naming edit
Westringia blakeana was first formally described in 1949 by Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin from a specimen collected by Stanley Thatcher Blake in Lamington National Park at an altitude of 2,400 feet, and the description was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat edit
This westringia grows in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest edges, often near streams or waterfalls in north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Westringia blakeana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b B.J. Conn (1992). "Westringia blakeana B.Boivin". PlantNET. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Westringia blakeana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Boivin, Joseph (1949). "Westringia blakeana". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 60: 109. Retrieved 22 November 2021.