Darwinia masonii

Description

Darwinia masonii,commonly known as Mason's darwinia,is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of to metres ( to 0 ft) and has an erect habit.It has closely crowded and narrow leaves that are approximately centimetre (0. in) in length and with a triangular cross section.It blooms between July and November and produces red flowers.The inflorescences have a diameter of approximately centimetres (. in) and are surrounded by many pinkish bracts that are pendulus on the ends of small branchlets.Found on hillsides and around lateritic outcrops in a small area near Yalgoo in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over laterite.