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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Westringia rigida
Common Name: stiff westringia
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Lamiaceae
Form Description: Rigid bushy shrub. Leaves mainly in whorls of 3.
Height (m): 1 – 3
Flowers: Mauve white flowers, with magenta dots around the throat and on lower 3 petals.
Fruit: 4 nutlets surrounded by the persistent papery calyx.
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Habitat Notes
Locally abundant on foredunes and rocky outcrops on the east coast, from Friendly Beaches to Southport Lagoon.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Exposed, Rocky, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
If branches are shaken and seed falls out seed is ready. Capsules can also be collected close to maturity and dried in a warm spot until seeds are released.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Storage Life
Short
Seed Treatment Notes
Use fresh seed. Plants with heavy seed crops may have low viability.
Cutting & Division Information
Usually grown from cuttings.