Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A slender, erect shrub up to 2m high.
Flowers: Up to 250 bright crimson, tubular flowers with prominent up-curved styles are borne in a densely packed 15cm diameter terminal flower head surrounded by a conspicuous ring of bright red bracts.
Flowering: September-October.
Fruit: Clusters of woody boat-shaped green to brown follicles 8-15cm long.
Leaves: Narrow obovate or spathulate up to 20cm long and 2-6cm wide, alternate, stiff and leathery with toothed margins.
Habitat: Usually found in rocky places in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Spectacular flower head. Leathery toothed leaves.
Name:
Telopea From Greek = seen from afar.
speciosissima
From Latin speciosus = beautiful and issimus = most (referring to its flowers).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Tubular/Bell- |
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shaped, Single, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
Woody |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Spoon |
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Length |
Medium, Long |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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