Hemigenia purpurea
Hemigenia purpurea, with the common name of narrow-leaved hemigenia is a small plant growing in the Sydney and Nowra districts of eastern Australia. Often found in poor soils in heathland with a relatively high rainfall. By the coast or in the Blue Mountains.[2]
Narrow-leaved hemigenia | |
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Hemigenia purpurea at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Hemigenia |
Species: | H. purpurea |
Binomial name | |
Hemigenia purpurea | |
A small shrub up to 2 metres tall. Leaves in whorls of three. Leaves hairless, narrow, 1 to 1.6 cm long, 1 mm wide, wedged shape with an acute angle at the base of the leaf. Narrow and pointed at the end of the leaf. Leaf stem 2 to 4 mm long. Attractive blue or violet flowers appear mostly from August to April.[3]
Hemigenia purpurea appears similar to certain plants of the genus Prostanthera; however, it is distinguished by the thin leaves.
References
- Robert Brown (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae p 502
- "Hemigenia purpurea". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- Waratah Software, Smaller Flora Families of the Lane Cove National Park
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