Thomasia grandiflora
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Thomasia grandiflora is a small shrub which is endemic to the southwest
of Western Australia
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It grows to between 0.15 and 1 metre in height. Pink to purple Flowers are produced between July and November in its native range.
The species was first formally described by botanist John Lindley
in A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony
in 1839.
Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...
of Western Australia
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...
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It grows to between 0.15 and 1 metre in height. Pink to purple Flowers are produced between July and November in its native range.
The species was first formally described by botanist John Lindley
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...
in A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony
A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Sketch Veg. Swan R., is an 1839 article by John Lindley on the flora of the Swan River Colony...
in 1839.