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Westringia longifolia

Westringia longifolia
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Westringia longifolia, long-leaved westringia, is a small native shrub from southeastern Australia, usually 1 to 3 m tall, with whorled linear leaves and mostly white flowers. It is grown in gardens for its tough, drought-tolerant habit and a long flowering season.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established
How easy
Easy
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Westringia longifolia, commonly known as long-leaved westringia, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to southeastern Australia. It is a small shrub, with linear leaves and mostly white flowers.

Where it grows

Long-leaves westringia grows in gullies, near streams on sandy or loamy soils north of Mittagong, scattered throughout Sydney and the Central Tablelands.

Other Westringia plants

Westringia acifolia · Loveable Westringia · Scabrous Westringi · Westringia blakeana · Greater Shortleaf Westringia · Westringia capitonia · Westringia cephalantha · Westringia cheelii · Whipstick Westringia · Snowy River Westringia · Shore Westringia · David's Westringia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Westringia longifolia 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.

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