Darwinia taxifolia
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| Darwinia taxifolia | |
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| Darwinia taxifolia subsp. macrolaena in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Darwinia |
| Species: | D. taxifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Darwinia taxifolia | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
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Darwinia taxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect or low-lying shrub with laterally compressed leaves. The flowers are pink or purplish and usually arranged in groups of two to four.
Darwinia taxifolia is an erect or low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long and laterally compressed so that they are thicker than wide. The flowers are arranged in clusters of 2 to 4, rarely up to 6, the clusters on a peduncle about 1 mm (0.039 in) long surrounded by rough, leaf-like bracts and pink or purplish bracteoles 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long. The floral tube is 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, and the style is red. Flowering occurs from September to December.[2]