Westringia glabra (Violet Westringia)

Westringia glabra (cultivated, labelled), Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria

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Westringia glabra en Moorabool, Victoria

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

VIOLET WESTRINGIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Westringia glabra in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Violet Westringia

Description
The Violet Westringia is a shrub growing to about 1.5 m tall. The leaves are narrow elliptical, in whorls of 3 around the stem and grow 12mm to 20 mm long and 3 mm to 4 mm wide. The plant flowers throughout the year, mainly between October and December. The flowers are pale purple with maroon spots near the centre. The upper petal divided into two lobes.

Habitat
woodland and shrubland, rocky gorges

Distribution
Violet Westringia is found in north eastern New South Wales,

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 1.5
Spread (m): 1 - 1.5
Soil Texture: loam, clay
Soil pH: soils with pH less than 8
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 550
Flower Colour: blue / purple
Flower Season: spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Westringia
Species:	glabra
Common Name:	Violet Westringia

Relatives in same Genus
  Westringia brevifolia
  Westringia dampieri
  Westringia eremicola
  Westringia fruticosa
  Westringia rigida