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Westringia is a genus of Australian shrubs. As with other members of the mint family their upper petal (or lip) is divided into two lobes.
Westringia fruticosa, the coastal rosemary or coastal westringia, is a shrub that grows near the coast in eastern Australia. [1] Description
Westringia brevifolia var. raleighii, commonly known as Coast Westringia, is a dense shrub with limited distribution, growing slightly larger than the main form at 1.5m (4.92ft) by 1.5m (4.92ft) with white flowers during the summer months.
Westringia crassifolia is a upright, slender shrub growing to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high, and branches with occasional or moderately covered in short, soft hairs. The dark green leaves are arranged in whorls of 3, narrowly oblong or elliptic, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide, surface covered moderately to thinly with short hairs, margins minutely toothed, apex ...
Westringia rigida is a shrub, growing from 30 to 60 cm high, and has stiff and often tangled branches. The sessile leaves generally occur in whorls of three. The leaf blades are from 1.9 to 5.2 mm long by 1 to 2 mm wide, with entire margins and recurved to revolute, and both upper and lower surfaces are sparsely to densely hairy.
Westringia longifolia is a small shrub that grows to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) high with a similar spread. The linear shaped green leaves are arranged in whorls of three, 12–35 mm (0.47–1.38 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, more or less flat, margins smooth, both surfaces with occasional hairs or smooth, and the petiole 1–1.7 mm (0.039–0.067 in) long.
Westringia acifolia is an upright, thickly branched shrub to 0.35 m (1 ft 2 in) high, the stems in cross section are more or less circular. The leaves are arranged opposite in crowded whorls, 6.5–15 mm (0.26–0.59 in) long, 1–2.2 mm (0.039–0.087 in) wide, linear to needle-shaped, simple surface hairs, margins curved under, apex sharply pointed, petiole 0.6–1.2 mm (0.024–0.047 in) long.
Paterson's Curse has been responsible for the deaths of many horses.. Many plants are poisonous to equines; the species vary depending on location, climate, and grazing conditions.