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]
| Narrow-leaved hemigenia | |
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| Hemigenia purpurea at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Hemigenia |
| Species: | H. purpurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemigenia purpurea | |
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
edit- ^ Robert Brown (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae p 502
- ^ "Hemigenia purpurea". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Waratah Software, Smaller Flora Families of the Lane Cove National Park
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