Kunzea preissiana

Description

Kunzea preissiana is a flowering plant in the myrtle family,Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 1.8 metres (2 to 6 ft).It blooms between August and October producing pink-purple flowers.Often found in the southern Wheatbelt,Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy and gravelly 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 a number of synonyms for the species;Kunzea preissiana var.glabra,Kunzea villiceps var.glabrior,Kunzea preissiana var.villiceps and Kunzea villiceps.