Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Rank Species | Order Myrtales Genus Darwinia | |
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Similar Darwinia virescens, Darwinia glaucophylla, Darwinia collina, Darwinia squarrosa, Darwinia grandiflora | ||
Darwinia briggsiae is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear-shaped leaves and small groups of pink and white flowers.
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Description
Darwinia briggsiae is an erect shrub which grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft). It has glabrous, linear leaves 11–18 millimetres (0.4–0.7 in) long, about 1 millimetre (0.04 in) long wide with a dished upper surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to six, each with a stalk 0.5–1 millimetre (0.02–0.04 in) long in a leaf axil. The floral cup is about 5 millimetres (0.2 in) long and 1–2 millimetres (0.04–0.08 in) in diameter with five ribs. The sepals are triangular and about 0.5 millimetres (0.02 in) long, the petals 1–1.5 millimetres (0.04–0.06 in) long and all are slightly notched on the upper end. The style is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) and protrudes from the flower tube. Flowering occurs from September to March.
Taxonomy and naming
Darwinia briggsiae was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany. The specific epithet (briggsiae) is in recognition of Australian botanist Barbara G. Briggs.
Distribution and habitat
This darwinia grows in heath and she-oak thickets in the Budawang Range and at Macquarie Pass.