Darwinia speciosa
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| Darwinia speciosa | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Darwinia |
| Species: | D. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Darwinia speciosa | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Genetyllis speciosa Meisn. | |
Darwinia speciosa is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a dwarf, spreading or prostrate shrub with narrowly oblong leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and greenish flowers surrounded by larger dark red or brownish involucral bracts.
Darwinia speciosa is a dwarf, erect, spreading or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in). The leaves are narrowly oblong, 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) long, and concave. The flowers are greenish, arranged in bell-shaped heads of 8 to 10 surrounded and hidden by dark red or brownish bracts about 30 mm (1.2 in) long. The sepals are about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long with egg-shaped lobes, the petals triangular and about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from July to November.[2][3][4]