| Tasmanian Christmas Bell | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Blandfordiaceae |
| Genus: | Blandfordia |
| Species: | B. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
| Blandfordia punicea (Labill.) Sweet |
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Blandfordia punicea, commonly known as Tasmanian Christmas Bell, is a species of flowering plant which is native to western Tasmania in Australia.
The bell-shaped flowers are red with yellow tips and are about 4 cm long. They occur in a terminal raceme on a stalk up to 1 metre in height and are usually very prominent in their native habitat, often rising above ground-level vegetation between mid-spring and early autumn. The leaves, which are strap-like and slightly serrated on the edges, range between 15 and 45 cm in length.
An Australian 50c stamp depicting the species was issued on 13 February 2007.