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Lechenaultia laricina
Scarlet leschenaultia (Lechenaultia laricina, sources name it L. juncea) is a small, open, ascending shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown for its scarlet to orange-red flowers. It needs sharp drainage and full sun, and is best kept dry once established.
Lechenaultia juncea, commonly known as scarlet leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, ascending shrub with narrow, crowded, rather fleshy leaves, and scarlet to orange-red flowers.
Scarlet leschenaultia usually grows in sandy soils in woodland between Meckering, Clackline and Kukerin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
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