Kunzea jucunda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Kunzea |
Species: | K. jucunda |
Binomial name | |
Kunzea jucunda (Klotzsch) Diels & E.Pritz. [1] |
Kunzea jucunda is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, where it occurs on sandy or rocky soils of undulating plains.[2]
It grows to between 0.6 and 1.2 metres in height and produces pink or purple flowers between August and October in its native range.[2]
The species was first formally described by Ludwig Diels and Ernst Pritz in 1904.[1]