| Rush-like dampiera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Dampiera |
| Species: | D. juncea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dampiera juncea Benth. | |
Dampiera juncea commonly known as rush-like dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, upright perennial with blue-purple flowers.
Description
Dampiera juncea is an upright perennial to 60 cm (24 in) high, becoming smooth except the flowers and the stems are slightly ribbed. The leaves are sessile, linear to needle-shaped to lance-shaped, dense, smooth or covered in occasional soft hairs, 3–50 mm (0.12–1.97 in) long and 1–20 mm (0.039–0.787 in) wide. The flowers are usually on solitary branches, up to 3 in a cluster, 12 mm (0.47 in) long, corolla blue-purple, pedicel up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long, bracteoles oblong-shaped and up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Flowering occurs mostly from August to November and the fruit is cylinder-shaped and up to 7 mm (0.28 in) long.
Taxonomy and naming
Dampiera juncea was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis. The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like".
Distribution and habitat
Rush-like dampiera grows inland on sandy, clay or gravelly soils in south-western Western Australia.
References
- "Dampiera juncea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. "Dampiera juncea". Florabase-the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Rajput, M.T.M; Carolin, R.C (1992). Flora of Australia (PDF). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. p. 65. ISBN 0644145536.
- "Dampiera juncea". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis (IV ed.). London: L.Reeve & Co. p. 112.
- George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 235. ISBN 9780958034197.