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Calothamnus scabridus

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub

About

Calothamnus scabridus is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with needle-shaped, prickly leaves and red flowers with four stamen bundles. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca rosea.)

Where it grows

Calothamnus scabridus occurs north of Denmark in the Jarrah Forest biogeographic region where it grows in loamy soil derived from granite.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calothamnus scabridus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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