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Darwinia whicherensis
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Darwinia whicherensis

Darwinia whicherensis, commonly known as the Abba bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with linear leaves and bell-shaped, flower-like inflorescences containing more than twenty flowers surrounded by bracts, the largest of which are red with green edges.

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Description

Darwinia whicherensis is an erect or spreading shrub which grows to a height of 700 mm (30 in), a width of 400 mm (20 in) and often uses surrounding vegetation for support. Its leaves are green, linear in shape, triangular in cross-section, 2–4 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long, often crowded at the end of branches and can bend backwards. The flowers are arranged in groups of between 22 and 24, surrounded by several rows of bracts, the largest of which are 22–27 mm (0.9–1 in) long and about 3 mm (0.1 in) wide. The inflorescences are bell-shaped and hang down. The individual flowers have white petals and the style is red, curved and 10–16 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long.

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Range & habitat

Abba bell is only known from the type location at the base of the Whicher Range, covering a total area of 5 square kilometres (2 sq mi). It grows on shallow sandy clay in winter-wet flats in Dryandra squarrosa shrubland.

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