Shrub to about 1.5 m tall. Leaves mostly in whorls of 4, rarely 3 or 5, blade lanceolate, 1-3 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, margins entire and curled under, hairy below. Flowers with calyx white-hairy. Corolla 1-1.5 cm long, white, spotted with brown or purple; year round.
NSW, Lord Howe Island
A salt-tolerant plant useful for coastal planting; it is believed to hybridise with W. glabra.
Source: (2002). Thymus. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Westringia fruticosa 'Morning Light'
Smaller and more compact than the species and with leaf edges that have a cream band.
Introduced c. 1980.
Other cultivars include W. 'Nana', W. 'Smokie' and W. 'Variegata'.