Darwinia pimelioides

Darwinia pimelioides is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Darwinia pimelioides

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Darwinia
Species:
D. pimelioides
Binomial name
Darwinia pimelioides
Cayzer & F.W.Wakef.[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH

The shrub has an erect habit and typically grows to height of 0.25 to 0.5 metres (0.8 to 1.6 ft) and occasionally to 1 metre (3 ft). It blooms between September and October producing red to pink and green flowers.

Often among granite outcrops in a small area near Mundaring it grows in sandy-loamy soils.[1]

References

  1. "Darwinia pimelioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. Herbert, D.A. (1922). "Contributions to the Flora of Western Australia, no IV". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 8: 40.
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