Darwinia masonii (Darwinia masonii)
Description
Darwinia masonii,commonly known as Mason's darwinia,is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of to metres ( to 0 ft) and has an erect habit.It has closely crowded and narrow leaves that are approximately centimetre (0. in) in length and with a triangular cross section.It blooms between July and November and produces red flowers.The inflorescences have a diameter of approximately centimetres (. in) and are surrounded by many pinkish bracts that are pendulus on the ends of small branchlets.Found on hillsides and around lateritic outcrops in a small area near Yalgoo in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over laterite.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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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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