Styphelia hainesii
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| Styphelia hainesii | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Styphelia |
| Species: | S. hainesii |
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| Styphelia hainesii | |
Styphelia hainesii is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and red, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.
Styphelia hainesii is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–2 m (1 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 6.3–10.5 mm (0.25–0.41 in) long, rarely with a small, sharp point on the tip. The flowers are usually borne singly or pairs in leaf axils and are nearly sessile with broad, blunt bracteoles less than 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The sepals are almost pointed, about 13 mm (0.51 in) long, the petals red, nearly 19 mm (0.75 in) long and joined at the base, forming a tube with 5 dense tufts of hairs inside, above the base. Flowering occurs from March to November.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Styphelia hainesii was first described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[4][5] The specific epithet (hainesii) honours William Haines.[5][6]