Dampiera marifolia Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Dampiera

Characteristics

Spreading perennial to 60 cm long, brownish grey to rusty tomentose. Leaves sessile, ovate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, entire with margin recurved to almost revolute, thick, sometimes glabrescent; lamina 7-18 mm long, 3-6 mm wide. Flowers in cymes; inflorescence branches not longer than leaves, mostly 1 per axil, 1-3-flowered, 5-8 mm long; pedicel 1-2 mm long; bracteoles oblong to narrowly elliptic, 3-4.5 mm long. Sepals with rusty-brown hairs, 0.5-1.5 mm long. Corolla 9-12 mm long; hairs outside loose, type ii, yellowish or brown-grey; wings 1.5-2 mm wide, almost equal; calli 4 or 5 per row. Ovary 1.2-1.5 mm long; ovule usually broader towards apex. Fruit ovoid, to 4 mm long.
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Often found in mallee communities.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Dampiera marifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383717-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637320
COL ID 343FY
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Synonyms

Dampiera marifolia