Westringia cephalantha is a shrub in the Lamiaceae family that is endemic to Western Australia.[3]
| Westringia cephalantha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Westringia |
| Species: | W. cephalantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Westringia cephalantha | |
It is an erect, compact shrub growing from 10 cm to 150 cm high, on sandy and clayey soils or laterite. Its white flowers may be seen from July to December or January.[4]
It is found in Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces.[4]
The species was formally described in 1868 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, from a specimen collected by James Drummond.[1][2] There are no synonyms.[3]
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