Coastal Rosemary
Westringia fruticosa
Family Lamiaceae
Coastal heathland shrub
About
A hardy coastal shrub named among the coastal heathland plants of Royal National Park, valued in cultivation for its whorled foliage and year-round white flowering.
How to spot it
A rounded shrub with neatly whorled, small leaves. White, hairy flowers with orange-to-purple spotting on the lower petal appear year-round, on plants tolerant of salt-laden coastal winds and cliff-top exposure.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Royal National Park — Greater Sydney & the Blue Mountains hikes
Source: Wikipedia: Royal National Park