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Westringia ophioglossa is a compact, erect shrub from Western Australia, known only from a single roadside population near Maya. Grow it in full sun with well-drained soil, as it is a drought-tolerant native of dry mallee woodland.
Westringia ophioglossa is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Western Australia.
The species occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion of south-western Australia. It is known only from a single roadside population, near the town of Maya, in open mallee woodland in association with Eucalyptus leptopoda and Grevillea paradoxa.
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 ophioglossa 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.
