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Darwinia leiostyla

Darwinia leiostyla
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Velela assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia leiostyla is an erect shrub in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has linear leaves up to about 10 mm (0.39 in) long crowded along the branches. Pendent, bell-shaped, flower-like inflorescences appear from May to January. These are clusters of small flowers surrounded by larger pink, red or white, petal-like bracts.

How to grow it

This darwinia is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. It requires a warm, dry situation and tip pruning to maintain its shape. It is suitable for container growing or rock gardens.

Where it grows

Darwinia leiostyla occurs in the Stirling Range and Middle Mount Barren on rocky sites, along streamlines and on slopes within gullies and ranges.

Other Darwinia plants

Fine Leaved Darwinia · Darwinia apiculata · Darwinia biflora · Darwinia briggsiae · Darwinia camptostylis · Darwinia capitellata · Mogumber bell · Chapman's bell · Lemon Scented Darwinia · Yellow Mountain Bell · Darwinia diminuta · Darwinia diosmoides

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

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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