Westringia ophioglossa is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Western Australia.
Westringia ophioglossa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Westringia |
Species: | W. ophioglossa |
Binomial name | |
Westringia ophioglossa R.W.Davis & P.Jobson, 2013[1] | |
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Known range of Westringia ophioglossa (in blue) |
The specific epithet ophioglossa (‘snake's tongue’) refers to the appearance of the forked lateral petals of the flowers.[1]
The species grows as a compact, erect shrub to 1.3 m in height. The leaves are 6.5–10 mm long and 0.9–1.3 mm wide, occurring in crowded whorls of four. The flowers are white with purple dots, appearing from late November to December.[1]
The species occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion of south-western Australia.[2] It is known only from a single roadside population, near the town of Maya, in open mallee woodland in association with Eucalyptus leptopoda and Grevillea paradoxa.[1]
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