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Hemigenia purpurea

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Narrow-leaved hemigenia
Hemigenia purpurea at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Hemigenia
Species:
H. purpurea
Binomial name
Hemigenia purpurea

Hemigenia purpurea, with the common name of narrow-leaved hemigenia is a small plant growing in the Sydney and Nowra districts of eastern Australia. Often found in poor soils in heathland with a relatively high rainfall. By the coast or in the Blue Mountains.[2]

A small shrub up to 2 metres tall. Leaves in whorls of three. The leaves are hairless, narrow, 1 to 1.6 cm long and 1 mm wide. They are wedged shape with an acute angle at the base of the leaf and narrow and pointed at the end of the leaf. The leaf stem is 2 to 4 mm long. Flowers are blue or violet and appear mostly from August to April.[3]

Hemigenia purpurea appears similar to certain plants of the genus Prostanthera; however, it is distinguished by the thin leaves.

References

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  1. ^ Robert Brown (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae p 502
  2. ^ "Hemigenia purpurea". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. ^ Waratah Software, Smaller Flora Families of the Lane Cove National Park