Dampiera juncea
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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|name = Rush-like dampiera
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|genus = Dampiera
|species = juncea
|authority = Benth.{{cite web |title=Dampiera juncea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/78466 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=1 October 2023}}
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Dampiera juncea commonly known as rush-like dampiera,{{cite web |last1=Paczkowska |first1=Grazyna |title=Dampiera juncea |url=https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7449 |website=Florabase-the Western Australian Flora |publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions |access-date=1 October 2023}} is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, upright perennial with blue-purple flowers.
Description
Dampiera juncea is an upright perennial to {{cvt|60|cm}} high, becoming smooth except the flowers and the stems are slightly ribbed. The leaves are sessile, linear to needle-shaped to lance-shaped, dense, smooth or covered in occasional soft hairs, {{cvt|3-50|mm}} long and {{cvt|1-20|mm}} wide. The flowers are usually on solitary branches, up to 3 in a cluster, {{cvt|12|mm}} long, corolla blue-purple, pedicel up to {{cvt|2|mm}} long, bracteoles oblong-shaped and up to {{cvt|3|mm}} long. Flowering occurs mostly from August to November and the fruit is cylinder-shaped and up to {{cvt|7|mm}} long.{{cite book |last1=Rajput |first1=M.T.M |last2=Carolin |first2=R.C |title=Flora of Australia |date=1992 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |location=Canberra |isbn=0644145536 |page=65|url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/b0354ba6-bb62-4604-9fc1-78a64a005f95/files/flora-australia-35-brunoniaceae-goodeniaceae.pdf}}
Taxonomy and naming
Dampiera juncea was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis.{{cite web |title=Dampiera juncea |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/493129 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=5 October 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |last2=von Mueller |first2=Ferdinand |title=Flora Australiensis |date=1868 |publisher=L.Reeve & Co |location=London |page=112 |edition=IV |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84367#page/128/mode/1up}} The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like".{{cite book |last1=George |first1=A.S |last2=Sharr |first2=F.A |title=Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings |date=2021 |publisher=Four Gables |location=Kardinya |isbn=9780958034197 |page=235|edition=4th}}
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia