Astartea astarteoides (Astartea astarteoides)
Description
Astartea astarteoides is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. The loose spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). It blooms between October and November producing white-pink flowers. It is found along the south coast in wet swampy depressions and road verges in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-loamy-clay soils over laterite or granite.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Astartea
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