Darwinia neildiana
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Darwinia neildiana, commonly known as Fringed Bell, is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia
. It grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre in height and produces red flowers between August and December in the species native range. The species was first formally described by Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
in 1875 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae
.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. It grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre in height and produces red flowers between August and December in the species native range. The species was first formally described by Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
in 1875 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae
Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae
Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae is a series of papers authored by the Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in which he published many of his approximately 2000 descriptions of new taxa of Australian plants. The papers were issued in 94 parts between 1858 and 1882 and published in...
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