Westringia amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland. It is a small shrub with ovate-shaped leaves and light mauve to white flowers and brownish spots in the throat.
Description
Westringia amabilis is a shrub 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) high with an open habit. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three, oval to narrowly oval shaped, 16–25 mm (0.63–0.98 in) long, 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) wide, margins smooth and usually slightly curved under, upper and lower surface sparsely hairy on a petiole 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The bracteoles 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long, the calyx is green, lobes triangular shaped, tube 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide and the outer surface has occasional hairs. The corolla 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long, and is light mauve to white with brownish spots in the throat. Flowering occurs throughout the year.[2]
^Boivin, Joseph (1949). "Westringia amabilis". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 60: 110. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 131. ISBN9780958034180.
