Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin is a plant in the Goodeniaceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin

Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin

Dampiera dysantha (shrubby dampiera) is a small blue-flowered Goodeniaceae undershrub native to Australia.

Family
Genus
Dampiera
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Dampiera dysantha (Benth.) Rajput & Carolin

Dampiera dysantha, commonly known as the shrubby dampiera, is an undershrub that belongs to the family Goodeniaceae. This species grows up to 70 cm in height. Its flowers are blue, or occasionally white to lilac, and are covered on the outside with grey and rusty hairs. Flowering generally occurs between September and October within the species' native range. It was first formally described in 1868 by English botanist George Bentham as a variety of Dampiera rosmarinifolia, published in Flora Australiensis.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Goodeniaceae Dampiera

More from Goodeniaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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