Dampiera juncea
| Rush-like dampiera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Dampiera |
| Species: | D. juncea
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| Binomial name | |
| Dampiera juncea | |
Dampiera juncea commonly known as rush-like dampiera,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, upright perennial with blue-purple flowers.
Description[edit]
Dampiera juncea is an upright perennial to 60 cm (24 in) high, becoming smooth except the flowers and the stems are slightly ribbed. The leaves are sessile, linear to needle-shaped to lance-shaped, dense, smooth or covered in occasional soft hairs, 3–50 mm (0.12–1.97 in) long and 1–20 mm (0.039–0.787 in) wide. The flowers are usually on solitary branches, up to 3 in a cluster, 12 mm (0.47 in) long, corolla blue-purple, pedicel up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long, bracteoles oblong-shaped and up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Flowering occurs mostly from August to November and the fruit is cylinder-shaped and up to 7 mm (0.28 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming[edit]
Dampiera juncea was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like".[6]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Rush-like dampiera grows inland on sandy, clay or gravelly soils in south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dampiera juncea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Paczkowska, Grazyna. "Dampiera juncea". Florabase-the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b Rajput, M.T.M; Carolin, R.C (1992). Flora of Australia (PDF). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. p. 65. ISBN 0644145536.
- ^ "Dampiera juncea". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis (IV ed.). London: L.Reeve & Co. p. 112.
- ^ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 235. ISBN 9780958034197.