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Seringia katatona, known as red dune fire-bush, is a compact, suckering shrub from the desert dunes of northern Western Australia. It needs sandy, very well-drained soil and full sun to grow well.
Seringia × katatona, commonly known as red dune fire-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to northern Western Australia. It is an erect, compact, suckering shrub, with hairy young branches, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and purple flowers arranged in groups of 9 to 17.
Red dune fire-bush grows in red sand on desert dunes and is restricted to near Broome and near Port Hedland in the Dampierland and Great Sandy Desert bioregions of northern Western Australia.
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