Kunzea recurva (Kunzea recurva)
Description
Kunzea recurva is a flowering plant in the myrtle family,Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.It is an erect shrub which grows to a height of 0.3 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft) and has spreading or downcurved leaves about 5 mm (0.2 in) long and 2.5 mm (0.1 in) wide.Pink or purple-red flowers about 15 mm (0.6 in) across are produced in rounded heads on the ends of the branches between August and December.The species was first formally described by the botanist Johannes Conrad Schauer and published in 1844 in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work Plantae Preissianae.Kunzea recurva is an uncommon species,usually found in wet depressions or on rocky slopes in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia,where it grows in a variety of soil types.
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: Kunzea
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