Lissanthe rubicunda
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| Lissanthe rubicunda | |
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| In Kau Rock Nature Reserve near Condingup | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Lissanthe |
| Species: | L. rubicunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissanthe rubicunda | |
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Lissanthe rubicunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with few branches and sharply-pointed linear leaves and short spikes or racemes of red, tube-shaped flowers.
Lissanthe rubicunda is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with few branches that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are sharply-pointed, and mostly about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long and furrowed on the lower surface. The flowers are borne in short spikes or racemes on the ends of the branches, each flower on a pedicel about 1 mm (0.039 in) long with smaller bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped and about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and the petal are red, joined at the base, forming a tube about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long with lobes more than 2 mm (0.079 in) long and bearded near the ends.[2]