Lambtails

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lachnostachys
Species: eriobotrya
Main Flower Colour: Other

Description

Lambs Tails is exactly what the flower heads look like. Flower heads appear woolly and white due to a dense covering of hair giving a woolly appearance. Actual flowers are small and appear black/purple. Rounded shrub to 1.5m, growing in gravelly sand. Leaves about 3cm long, linear with a felted texture.

Flowering start in August.

Identification

The main flower colour is other. Small dark flowers surrounded by dense woolly hair.

References

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6780
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Location

Bio Regions

Geraldton Sandplains (GES)

Region Specifics

Kalbarri NP. WA

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