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.
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.Waratah Software, Smaller Flora Families of the Lane Cove National Park
Hemigenia purpurea appears similar to certain plants of the genus Prostanthera; however, it is distinguished by the thin leaves.
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