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Dampiera tephrea Rajput & Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3:199 (1988)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending to erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high, with grey or yellowish hairs on abaxial surface of leaves. Fl. blue, Jul. Sand, gravelly loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 8-35 mm long, 4-17 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 3.5-4.5 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 6-8 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-2.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, dendritic hairs. Corolla blue, 10-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-7.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-8.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.6-1.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-2.2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin.