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Dampiera trigona de Vriese
Angled-stem Dampiera

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:401 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender perennial, herb, 0.05-0.5 m high. Fl. blue/white, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy & clayey soils. Winter-wet flats, roadsides.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-30 mm long, 5-8 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 2.5-4 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4-15 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes absent, glabrous. Corolla blue, 11-14 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 7-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-0.7 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.3-2.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Dardanup, Denmark, Harvey, Mandurah, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Rockingham, Swan, Victoria Plains, Waroona.