Beaufortia sparsa
| Beaufortia sparsa | |
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| Beaufortia sparsa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Beaufortia |
| Species: | B. sparsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Beaufortia sparsa R.Br. | |
Beaufortia sparsa, commonly known as the Swamp Bottlebrush or the Gravel Bottlebrush, is a species of shrub that grows in the south west and great southern regions of Western Australia.
B. sparsa is an evergreen shrub that grows from between 1 metre (3 ft) to 3 metres (10 ft) tall[1] and a width of 1 metre (3 ft) to 2.5 metres (8 ft).[2] The leaves of the plant are bright green and oval shaped with a length of approximately 10 millimetres (0 in).[3]
The flowers of B. sparsa are a bright orange to red in colour and the shape of a bottlebrush flower cluster or inflorescence that tend to occur toward the end of the branch.[4] Flowers are produced from January to April and September to November. The plant grows naturally in damp areas and is not drought tolerant.[5]
References
- ↑ "Florabase -Beaufortia sparsa". 1995. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "Karwarra - Flowering Calendar - March". 2007. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants-Beaufortia sparsa". 2007. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "Top Tropicals Plant Catalogue". 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "GEOGRAPHE COMMUNITY LANDCARE NURSERY". 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-28.