Hypocalymma elongatum
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| Hypocalymma elongatum | |
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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: | Hypocalymma |
| Species: | H. elongatum |
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| Hypocalymma elongatum | |
Hypocalymma elongatum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a large, bushy shrub with linear leaves more or less triangular in cross section, and pink flowers arranged in pairs in leaf axils with 30 to 50 stamens.
Hypocalymma elongatum is a large, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.6 m (1 ft 0 in – 5 ft 3 in) and often has many branches. Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, linear, 15–23 mm (0.59–0.91 in) long, about 0.8 mm (0.031 in) wide, sessile, triangular in cross section and spaced 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) apart. The flowers are arranged in pairs in leaf axils, more or less sessile or occasionally on peduncles up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The bracts and bracteoles fall off in the bud stage. The sepal lobes are broadly egg-shaped, 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and pale pinkish. The petals are more or less round and pink, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and there are 35 to 55 stamens, the filaments joined at the base and about the same length, or shortly longer than the petals. Flowering mainly occurs between December and April and the fruit is a capsule about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and 3.5 mm (0.14 in) wide.[2][3][4][5]