Dampiera incana explained

Dampiera incana, commonly known as the hoary dampiera,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with grey foliage and blue-purple flowers.

Description

Dampiera incana is an upright, many-branched perennial high with whitish to grey hairs. The leaves are oval to oblong-elliptic shaped, margins smooth or toothed, upper and lower surfaces densely covered in short matted hairs, long, wide and sessile. The mostly single inflorescence are borne in clusters in leaf axils on a branch long, individual flowers on a pedicel long, bracteoles long and oblong-elliptic shaped. The corolla is long, wings long. Flowering occurs in February, April to September or December and the fruit is egg-shaped, long and becoming smooth in patches.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Dampiera incana was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805.[3] [4] The specific epithet (incana) means "grey, hoary".[5]

Distribution and habitat

Hoary dampiera grows in a variety of situations including sand and limestone on sand dunes, flats and plains.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dampiera incana . Florabase-the flora of Western Australia . Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions . 3 August 2021.
  2. Book: Rajput . M.T.M . Carolin . R.C . George (ed) . A.S . Flora of Australia-Brunoniaceae Goodeniaceae . 1992 . AGPS Press . Canberra . 0644145536 . 53.
  3. Web site: Dampiera incana . Australian Plant Name Index . 6 August 2021.
  4. Book: Brown . Robert . Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 . 1810 . 1 . London . 588 .
  5. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 223 . 3rd.