Dampiera dysantha, the shrubby dampiera, is an undershrub in the family Goodeniaceae.[2] The species grows to 70 cm high[2] The flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs.[2][3] These generally appear between September and October in its native range.[2]
| Dampiera dysantha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Dampiera |
| Species: | D. dysantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Dampiera dysantha | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dampiera rosmarinifolia var. dysantha Benth. | |
The species was first formally described as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia by English botanist George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868.[1]
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Dampiera dysantha |
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| Dampiera rosmarinifolia var. dysantha |
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