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Sand Bottlebrush

Family: Myrtaceae

Genus: Beaufortia

Species: squarrosa

Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Description

Not your ordinary bottlebrush. Beaufortia squarrosa is a medium open shrub. Leaves are arranged with geometrical precision - small and rounded, crowded along the stem in alternating opposite pairs. Flower heads are terminal rounded bottlebrushes, red and yellow being the main colours. Growing in low heath on sand.

Flowering start in July and ends in November.

Identification

The main flower colour is yellow. Bottlebrush flowers, small rounded, opposite leaves.

References

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5393

Created: 13 Jun 2014 - Member - John and Val
Updated: 21 Nov 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Geraldton Sandplains (GES)

Region Specifics

Kalbarri NP, WA

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