Kunzea praestans

Description

Kunzea praestans is a flowering plant in the myrtle family,Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft).It blooms between September and October producing pink-purple flowers.Often found on hillslopes of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in lateritic soils.The species was first formally described by the botanist Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844 in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work Plantae Preissianae.There are two synonyms for the species;Kunzea recurva var.praestans and Kunzea incognita.