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Dampiera wellsiana is a small, evergreen, stoloniferous perennial herb from arid Western Australia, grown mainly for its small blue flowers. It is rarely cultivated and suits rock and desert gardens in full sun with sharply draining soil.
Dampiera wellsiana is a herb in the family of Goodeniaceae and is one of approximately 70 species of Dampiera. Dampiera wellsiana is native to Western Australia. It is a non-threatened, stoloniferous plant and is often defined by its small blue petals and the arid climate it grows in. Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller first described the plant in 1876.
Dampiera wellsiana is an inflorescence and can be used for ornamental purposes, such as indoor decoration. The plant is not often cultivated, however it is proven suitable for rocky and desert gardens. Dampiera wellsiana is cultivated under full sunlight or under slight shade and gritty, sandy and acidic soils that provide a sufficient amount of water drainage. For ornamental and plant health purposes, the plant is lightly pruned. Several species within the Goodeniaceae family are used for medicinal and environmental purposes, however Dampiera wellsiana does not hold these properties.
The flowers are morphologically designed to be pollinated by insects, including bees. When an insect probes to the bottom of the flower where the nectar is contained, the hairs around the indusium are agitated by the insect, thus releasing pollen onto the insect's body. The pollen is held on a thin membranous covering (indusium) when the flower opens, however, the pollen collection by the indusium is rather inefficient, and the pollen is often found around the outside of the indusium.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dampiera wellsiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
