Darwinia chapmaniana (Darwinia chapmaniana)
Description
Darwinia chapmaniana is a rounded,densely branched shrub which grows to a height of about 0. metres ( ft) and spreads up to metres (0 ft).Its leaves and inflorescences have a distinct curry scent.The leaves are crowded near the ends of the branches,greyish-green in colour,linear in shape,triangular in cross-section and covered with short hairs.The flowers are arranged in heads of to flowers,the heads about ? centimetres (? in) in diameter on the ends of the branches.The heads are surrounded by layers of bracts,the longest ones reddish-yellow,? millimetres (0.?0. in) long with long reddish-yellow hairs on their edges.Individual flowers are yellowish in colour,tubular in shape,about ? millimetres (0.?0. in) long with the stamens,staminodes and the base of the style enclosed by the petals.The style is ?0 millimetres (0.?0. in) long,curved and yellowish red,extends beyond the petals and bracts and has a band of hairs near its tip.Flowering occurs between September and November,mainly in October,and is followed by fruit which is a small,non-fleshy nut containing one or two seeds.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Darwinia
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