Westringia acifolia
Westringia acifolia is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with linear to needle-shaped leaves and white to cream flowers. Description
Westringia acifolia is an upright, thickly branched shrub to  high, the stems in cross section are more or less circular. The leaves are arranged opposite in crowded whorls,  long,  wide, linear to needle-shaped, simple surface hairs, margins curved under, apex sharply pointed, petiole  long. The flowers are white to cream, the corolla  long with simple hairs, and the style  long. The bracts  long with occasional simple hairs. The calyx has 5 lobes,  long and simple, scattered hairs. The petals are oblong shaped,  long,  wide, the edges smooth or widely toothed and the apex rounded. Flowering occurs in December. Taxonomy and naming
Westringia acifolia was first formally described in 2009 by Greg Guerin and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.The specific epithet (acifolia) means "sharp leaved". Distribution and habitat
This species grows in heath on brown clay and sand in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA bioregion of south-west Australia. References

 
acifolia
Lamiales of Australia
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 2009