Dampiera dysantha

Dampiera dysantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Goodeniaceae
Genus:	Dampiera
Species:	D. dysantha
Binomial name
Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin[1]
Synonyms
Dampiera rosmarinifolia var. dysantha Benth.

Dampiera dysantha (Shrubby Dampiera) is an undershrub in the family Goodeniaceae.^[2] The species grows to 70 cm high^[2] The flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs.^[2][3] These generally appear between September and October in its native range.^[2]

The species was first formally described as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia by English botanist George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dampiera dysantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=DAMPIERA+dysantha. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Goodeniaceae&genus=Dampiera&species=dysantha. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
3. ^ Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.