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Westringia angustifolia
Westringia angustifolia is a small, upright, rigid shrub from Tasmania, grown for its mauve or white flowers. It needs good drainage and a sunny spot in a mild climate.
Westringia angustifolia, commonly known as scabrous westringia, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a small, upright shrub with mauve or white flowers.
Scabrous westringia is an uncommon species in Tasmania, it is found mainly in dry, shrubby understorey and rocky hillsides often associated with riverbanks, on dolerite soils, at altitudes of 300–900 m.
Westringia acifolia · Loveable Westringia · Westringia blakeana · Greater Shortleaf Westringia · Westringia capitonia · Westringia cephalantha · Westringia cheelii · Whipstick Westringia · Snowy River Westringia · Shore Westringia · David's Westringia · White Button Bush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Westringia angustifolia 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.
