Shrubby Westringia ( Latin Westríngia fruticósa ) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plants belonging to the genus Westringia of the Labiatae family, a synonym for the type species of the genus.
| Westringia shrubby |
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Westringia fruticosa ( Willd. ) Druce , 1917 |
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Content
Evergreen shrub up to 2 m tall. The leaves are collected in whorls of 4 (3-5), lanceolate, 1-3 × 0.3-0.5 cm, whole, often folded, dark green and smooth or slightly hairy on top and covered with white pubescence from below. Petiole no more than 1 mm long, also pubescent.
Sinuous flowers , whorled around the stem, zygomorphic, up to 2 cm in diameter. Bracts 1.5-2.2 mm long. The cup is five - toothed, covered with white pressed pubescence, a tube 2.9-3.5 mm long, teeth 2-3-3.2 × 0.8-1.5 mm. Corolla white, with purple or brown dots.
The fruit is dry, multi-nested.
Ornamental plant, valued for narrow evergreen leaves. It is winter-hardy in the zone of 9 USDA , that is, it can withstand temperature drops to −7 ° C. Used as a stock for prostanters .
