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Dampiera lindleyi de Vriese

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:402 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to semi-prostrate, woody perennial, herb, 0.2-0.7 m high, with flattened stems. Fl. blue/blue-purple, Jun to Oct. Sand, sandy clay, gravel. Undulating plains, rocky outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-35 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4-10 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.3 mm long, glabrous, with dense. Corolla blue or violet, 12-16 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 7-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8-10.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.2-0.3 mm wide on the narrower side, 2.5-3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, gibbous; style 5-5.7 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Flowers in June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Esperance Plains (ESP) 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, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Busselton, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coorow, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Esperance, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Narrogin, Northampton, Pingelly, Quairading, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu.