Beaufortia orbifolia F.Muell.

Ravensthorpe Bottlebrush

Shrub to about 2-3 m tall. Leaves decussate, oval, about 4 mm long and wide, overlapping. Flowers bottlebrush-like, greenish at first but becoming red; filaments 3-5 per bundle; mostly late spring and summer.

WA.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Myrtales
family       Myrtaceae
genus        Beaufortia R.Br.