Darwinia grandiflora
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Darwinia |
| Species: | D. grandiflora |
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Darwinia grandiflora is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a dense, mat forming, prostrate shrub with clusters of tubular red flowers and is endemic to New South Wales.
Darwinia grandiflora is a prostrate, mat forming, dense shrub up to 50 cm (20 in) high and stems up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long with smaller branches growing upright. The leaves are flattened, up to 8–18 mm (0.31–0.71 in) long and smooth. The flowers are borne in clusters of four to six, tubular, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long, 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) in diameter, white when young, turning red with age, style 12–20 mm (0.47–0.79 in) long, red, peduncle about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The bracts leaf-like or triangular shaped, dry and 3–16 mm (0.12–0.63 in) long, bracteoles oblong-shaped, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long and yellowish green or yellow brown. Flowering occurs usually from July to October and the fruit is a small 2.4 mm (0.094 in) in diameter single seed.[2][3]
