jueves, 2 de octubre de 2014

Beaufortia sparsa

Beaufortia sparsa, commonly known as the Swamp Bottlebrush or the Gravel Bottlebrush, is a species of shrub that grows in the south west and great southern regions of Western Australia.
B. sparsa is an evergreen shrub that grows from between 1 metre (3 ft) to 3 metres (10 ft) tall and a width of 1 metre (3 ft) to 2.5 metres (8 ft). The leaves of the plant are bright green and oval shaped with a length of approximately 10 millimetres (0 in).
The flowers of B. sparsa are a bright orange to red in colour and the shape of a bottlebrush flower cluster or inflorescence that tend to occur toward the end of the branch. Flowers are produced from January to April and September to November. The plant grows naturally in damp areas and is not drought tolerant.
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