Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Westringia longifolia

Flowering stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Long-leaved westringia

Family

Lamiaceae

Where found

Dry forest, shrubland, rocky areas, and near streams. Coast and ranges north of Kiama. Occasionally elsewhere.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m high. Stems hairy with appressed hairs. Leaves slightly aromatic when rubbed, in whorls of 3, 1.2–3.5 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, surfaces very sparsely hairy or hairless, rarely the lower surface moderately hairy, margins entire, and flat to slightly curved down. Flowers about 8–10 mm long, white to pale mauve with purple to light brown dots, tubular, 2-lipped, with 5 lobes. Calyx tubular, with 5 lobes. Flowers single at the bases of the leaves, in elongated leafy clusters. Flowers throughout the year. 

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Westringia~longifolia (accessed 12 February, 2021)