Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Westringia saxatilis

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Jackie Miles, west of Moruya

Flowering stem. Photographer Jackie Miles, west of Moruya

Common name

A westringia

Family

Lamiaceae

Where found

Shrubland in rocky areas. Ranges west of Moruya. Occasionally coastal between Tathra and Merimbula.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high. Stems hairy with appressed hairs. Leaves slightly aromatic when rubbed, in whorls of 3–5; 1.1–2.3 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, densely hairy with more or less appressed hairs, margins entire, and curved down. Flowers 11–13 mm long, white with yellowish dots, tubular, 2-lipped, with 5 lobes. Calyx tubular, with 5 lobes. Flowers single at the bases of the leaves, in elongated leafy clusters. Flowering: spring to early autumn.

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