Family: Lamiaceae
Plant: Slender erect shrub up to 60cm high.
Flowers: Mauve to blue, irregular, 2-lipped, tubular flowers about 1cm long, solitary in upper leaf axils. The lower lip of the flower tube is longer than the upper lip.
Flowering: August - April.
Fruit: Dry 4-lobed fruit.
Leaves: Soft, thick, crowded, erect 3-whorled leaves with linear to cylindrical leaflets 1-1.5cm long and 1mm wide – often with purple tips. The leaves have acute points and are grooved on their upper surface.
Habitat: Heathland.
Features: Mauve to blue 2-lipped tubular flowers. Lower lip of flower longer than the upper lip. Leaves in whorls of 3.
Name:
Hemigenia From Greek = half-offspring (referring to only half its anther cells beingffertile)
purpurea From Greek = purple (referring to its flowers)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Tubular/Bell- |
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shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Mauve, Blue |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Few |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, |
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10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Whorled |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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