Английская Википедия:Darwinia grandiflora

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Darwinia grandiflora is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a dense, mat forming, prostrate shrub with clusters of tubular red flowers and is endemic to New South Wales.

Description

Darwinia grandiflora is a prostrate, mat forming, dense shrub up to Шаблон:Cvt high and stems up to Шаблон:Cvt long with smaller branches growing upright. The leaves are flattened, up to Шаблон:Cvt long and smooth. The flowers are borne in clusters of four to six, tubular, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt in diameter, white when young, turning red with age, style Шаблон:Cvt long, red, peduncle about Шаблон:Cvt long. The bracts leaf-like or triangular shaped, dry and Шаблон:Cvt long, bracteoles oblong-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and yellowish green or yellow brown. Flowering occurs usually from July to October and the fruit is a small Шаблон:Cvt in diameter single seed.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

This darwinia was described in 1867 by English botanist George Bentham as Darwinia taxifolia var. grandiflora.[3] In 1917 Richard Thomas Baker & Henry George Smith raised the variety to species status to Darwinia grandiflora and the description was published in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.[4][5] The specific epithet (grandiflora) refers to the "large flowers".[2]

Distribution and habitat

Darwinia grandiflora grows in wet heath, damp sandy soil and rocky outcrops south of Sydney on the Woronora Plateau and in the Illawarra region.[1][2]

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