Hemiandra pungens
Hemiandra pungens, commonly known as snakebush, is a shrub or trailing plant that is endemic to southwestern Western Australia.
Description
Ranging in height from 5 cm to 100 cm, it occurs on rock outcrops in sandy soils. It is a variable species that may form a trailing plant or a small shrub. The flowers appear throughout the year, are up to 2 cm across and may be white, pink or bluish-purple with brown or pink spots. It flowers in the spring.Taxonomy
The species was formally described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown.A widely cultivated variety lacking hairs on the stems and leaves is sometimes classified as a variety, or by some authors as Hemiandra glabra, or treated as a synonym of Hemiandra pungens.