Darwinia sanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Darwinia
Species:
D. sanguinea
Binomial name
Darwinia sanguinea
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Genetyllis sanguinea Meisn.

Darwinia sanguinea is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) and has reddish purple flowers between August and December.[2]

This species was first formally described in 1857 by Carl Meissner who gave it the name Genetyllis sanguinea in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany from material collected near the Hill River by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1865, George Bentham changed the name to Darwinia sanguinea in a later edition of the same journal.[5] The specific epithet (sanguinea) means "blood-coloured", referring to the flowers.[6]

This darwinia is often found on hills and sandplains between Coorow, Carnamah and Dandaragan in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over laterite.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Darwinia sanguinea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Darwinia sanguinea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ "Genetyllis sanguinea". APNI. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Meissner, Carl (1857). "On some new species of Chamaelaucieae". Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. 1: 38. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Darwinia sanguinea". APNI. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 300. ISBN 9780958034180.
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