About Diplolaena dampieri Desf.
Diplolaena dampieri is a spreading, rounded shrub that usually reaches 1.5 meters (4 feet 11 inches) in height. Its leaves are strongly aromatic, leathery, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, and grow up to 40 millimeters (1.6 inches) long. When mature, the upper leaf surface is dark olive green and hairless, while the lower surface is densely covered in weak cream to grey hairs. Pendulous flowers of this species grow at the ends of branches, and are around 10 to 15 millimeters (0.39 to 0.59 inches) in diameter. The outer bracts are narrowly triangular to oval-shaped, 7 to 10 millimeters (0.28 to 0.39 inches) long, and covered in thick, grey to reddish star-shaped hairs. The inner bracts are narrowly oblong, about 12 millimeters (0.47 inches) long, and densely covered with short, matted star-shaped hairs. Petals are orange to pale red, about 5 millimeters (0.20 inches) long, and have thick covering of small hairs along their edges. Flowering takes place from July to September. This species, commonly known as Dampier's rose, grows in low heath on loamy soils, limestone, and sand dunes. It is distributed in south-western Western Australia, ranging from Cape Leeuwin north to Fremantle.
