Westringia fruticosa
Appearance
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Species of shrub
Westringia fruticosa | |
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Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Westringia |
Species: | W. fruticosa
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Binomial name | |
Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce
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Westringia fruticosa, the coastal rosemary or coastal westringia, is a shrub that grows near the coast in eastern Australia.[1]
Description
[edit ]The flowers are white, hairy and have the upper petal divided into two lobes. They also have orange-to-purply spots on their bottom half. This shrub is very tough and grows on cliffs right next to the ocean.
Cultivation
[edit ]The plant's tolerance to a variety of soils, the neatly whorled leaves and all-year flowering make it very popular in cultivation.[2] [3] It (or its cultivar(s)) is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[citation needed ]
Gallery
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Growing on exposed cliffs in Coogee, Sydney
References
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