Darwinia oxylepis

(Darwinia oxylepis)

galery

Description

Gillham's bell is a small,dense,upright shrub to about . metres high,with erect branches and short branchlets.Its leaves are about 0 mm long by about mm wide and are almost cylindrical or triangular in cross section.Bell-shaped,flower-like inflorescences appear from August to November.These are clusters of about 0 drooping,nectar-rich flowers surrounded by bright red petal-like bracts up to 0 mm long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Darwinia
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