Rinzia carnosa

Description

Rinzia carnosa,commonly known as the fleshy leaved rinzia,is a plant species of the Myrtaceae family endemic to Western Australia.The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.7 to 1.3 metres (2.3 to 4.3 ft).It blooms in September producing white-pink flowers.It is found in the south eastern Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia between Corrigin and Jerramungup where it grows in sandy-loamy soils often over granite.The species was originally formally described as Baeckea carnosa by the botanist S.Moore in 1920 in the work A contribution to the Flora of Australia.in the Journal of the Linnean Society.It was subsequently reclassified into the Rinzia genera in 1986 as part of the work Reinstatement and revision of Rinzia Schauer (Myrtaceae,Leptospermeae,Baeckeinae) in the journal Nuytsia.