Английская Википедия:Darwinia leptantha
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Darwinia leptantha is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is an upright, small shrub with white flowers turning pink with age, triangular-shaped leaves and is endemic to New South Wales.
Description
Darwinia leptantha is an upright shrub Шаблон:Cvt high with smooth, flattened leaves Шаблон:Cvt long. The slender tubular flowers are borne at the end of short erect stems in tight clusters of 2-8, Шаблон:Cvt long, about Шаблон:Cvt in diameter, petals Шаблон:Cvt long, white when young turning pink with age and on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long. The bracts are leaf-like Шаблон:Cvt long, bracteoles reddish to yellowish brown, Шаблон:Cvt long, style white, straight or curved and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from late autumn to spring.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Darwinia leptantha was first formally described in 1962 by Barbara Gillian Briggs and the description was published in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium.[3] The specific epithet (leptantha) means "slender flowered".[4]
Distribution and habitat
This darwinia grows in coastal heath and sandy soils on the coast and ranges from Laurieton to the Clyde River of eastern New South Wales.[2]
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