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Dampiera tomentosa K.Krause
Felted Dampiera

Reference
Engl., Pflanzenr. 277(Heft 54):181 (1912)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.25-1 m high. Fl. blue, Aug to Dec. Red or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-40 mm long, 5-13 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-3 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes absent. Corolla blue, 9-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.3-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-7 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.4-0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.5-1.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Geraldton Hills, Lateritic Plain, Maralinga, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Laverton, Menzies, Merredin, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Quairading, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.