Malleostemon tuberculatus

Malleostemon tuberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Malleostemon
Species: M. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Malleostemon tuberculatus
(E.Pritz.) J.W.Green

Malleostemon tuberculatus is a plant species of the Myrtaceae family endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The erect slender shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 2.5 metres (2.0 to 8.2 ft). It blooms between July and November producing pink-white flowers.

It is found on sand plains and among granite outcrops in an area in the extending from the Mid West into the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or clay or loamy soils sometimes over laterite.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Malleostemon tuberculatus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.


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