Pink bottlebrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Beaufortia |
Species: | B. schaueri
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Binomial name | |
Beaufortia schaueri | |
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Beaufortia schaueri, commonly known as pink bottlebrush[2] or pink beaufortia,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a small, rounded shrub with small, crowded, linear leaves and profuse, spherical heads of pink flowers conspicuously displayed on the ends of the branches in spring.