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Blue Dampiera

Dampiera stricta

Blue Dampiera
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. Queensland to Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Dampiera stricta commonly known as blue dampiera, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small sub-shrub with variable leaves and mostly blue, mauve or purple flowers.

Where it grows

Blue dampiera is a common species usually growing in open forest and heath on sandy, gravel or loamy soils in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria on the Great Dividing Range and coastal locations.

Other Dampiera plants

Dampiera adpressa · Winged Stem Dampiera · Tall Dampiera · Dampiera candicans · Dampiera dentata · Dampiera diversifolia · Shrubby Dampiera · Dampiera eriocephala · Dampiera ferruginea · Karri Dampiera · Dampiera incana · Rush Like Dampiera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dampiera stricta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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