Dampiera candicans

Dampiera candicans is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia[1] and the Northern Territory.[2][3]

Dampiera candicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Dampiera
Species:
D. candicans
Binomial name
Dampiera candicans

Description

Dampiera candicans is an erect shrub growing to a height of 70 cm tall, with stems covered in brownish or greyish dense intertwined hairs. The upper surface of the leaves usually lose their covering but may have a few large coarse hairs. The lower leaf surface is always has a covering of dense intertwined hairs. The leaf lamina is 3-35 mm by 6-19 mm wide on a stalk (petiole) which is 3-10 mm long. The flowers occur in spikes which are 13-28 cm long. The sepals are about 0.1 mm long and hidden beneath hairs. The fruit is ellipsoidal to obovoid and about 2 mm long. It flowers from April to August, and is distinguished from Dampiera cinerea by its dentate leaf margins and its longer flower spikes.[3]

Distribution & habitat

It is found in north-western Western Australia and the west of the Northern Territory, growing on sandy and lateric soils.[3]

Taxonomy & etymology

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1876.[4][5] The specific epithet, candicans, is a Latin adjective, candicans, meaning "white", "whitish" or "having white woolly hairs".[6]

References
  1. "Dampiera candicans". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Dampiera candicans F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. Rajput, M.T,M. & Carolin, R.C. (2020). "Dampiera candicans". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Dampiera candicans". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1876). "Goodeniaceae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 10 (85): 86.
  6. "candicans". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 11 July 2020.


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