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Darwinia polycephala

Darwinia polycephala
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia polycephala is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a diffuse shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–50 cm (3.9–19.7 in) and produces red to purple flowers between March and September.

Darwinia polycephala was first formally described in 1924 by Charles Gardner in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. The specific epithet (polycephala) means "many-headed".

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 polycephala 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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