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Pityrodia ternifolia

Pityrodia ternifolia
Photo: F.J.H. von Mueller, Public domain
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
N. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Pityrodia ternifolia is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is an erect shrub with densely hairy stems, sticky and prickly, egg-shaped leaves, and mauve or pinkish-red, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

This pityrodia grows in sandy soils on sandstone ridges and rocks in the Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Arnhem Coast, Arnhem Plateau, Darwin Coastal, Gulf Coastal, Gulf Fall and Uplands, Ord Victoria Plain and Pine Creek bioregions of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Other Pityrodia plants

Pityrodia augustensis · Pityrodia byrnesii · Pityrodia canaliculata · Pityrodia chrysocalyx · Pityrodia gilruthiana · Pityrodia hemigenioides · Pityrodia iphthima · Pityrodia jamesii · Pityrodia lanuginosa · Pityrodia lepidota · Pityrodia loricata · Pityrodia obliqua

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pityrodia ternifolia 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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