Telopea aspera

Gibraltar Range waratah
a red dome-shaped flowerhead made up of hundreds of red flowers in bushland
Telopea aspera in the Gibraltar Range National Park.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Telopea
Species:
T. aspera
Binomial name
Telopea aspera
T. aspera (habit)

Telopea aspera, commonly known as Gibraltar Range waratah,[2] is a plant in the family Proteaceae. It grows as a woody shrub to 3 metres (10 ft) high with leathery rough leaves and bright red flower heads known as inflorescences—each composed of hundreds of individual flowers. It is endemic to the New England region in New South Wales in Australia. It was formally described as a species by botanists Peter Weston and Mike Crisp in 1995, separated from its close relative Telopea speciosissima by its rough foliage and preference for dryer habitat. Unlike its better known relative, Telopea aspera has rarely been cultivated.

  1. ^ "Telopea aspera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NSW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).