Beaufortia

Beaufortia is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, endemic to Southwest Australia.


Species
Beaufortia sparsa, commonly known as the Swamp Bottlebrush or the Gravel Bottlebrush, is a species of shrub that grows in the south west and great southern regions of Western Australia. Beaufortia sparsa is an evergreen shrub that grows from between 1 metre (3 ft) to 3 metres (10 ft) tall and a width of 1 metre (3 ft) to 2.5 metres (8 ft). The leaves of the plant are bright green and oval shaped with a length of approximately 10 millimetres.
The flowers of B. sparsa are a bright orange to red in colour and the shape of a bottlebrush flower cluster or inflorescence that tend to occur toward the end of the branch. Flowers are produced from January to April and September to November. The plant grows naturally in damp areas and is not drought tolerant.

Beaufortia anisandra

Beaufortia sprengelioides

Beaufortia squarrosa

Beaufortia bicolor

Beaufortia bracteosa

Beaufortia cyrtodonta

Beaufortia dampieri

Beaufortia decussata

Beaufortia elegans

Beaufortia empetrifolia

Beaufortia aestiva

Beaufortia eriocephala

Beaufortia heterophylla

Beaufortia incana

Beaufortia purpurea

Beaufortia macrostemon

Beaufortia micrantha

Beaufortia schaueri

Beaufortia interstans

Beaufortia orbifolia

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