Paragonis grandiflora is a plant species, endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
Paragonis | |
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Flowering stem | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Paragonis J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant |
Species: | P. grandiflora
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Binomial name | |
Paragonis grandiflora (Benth.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
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Synonyms | |
Agonis grandiflora Benth. |
Paragonis grandiflora was described as Agonis grandiflora by George Bentham in 1867, and remained so until it was segregated in 2007 to a monotypic genus, Paragonis, by Judy Wheeler and Neville Marchant.[1][2] Some sources continue to place it in Agonis.[3]
A shrub, growing to a height around one metre, with many stems in an erect and open habit. Flowers are white to pink, appearing between July and August to November. The species occurs on a variety of gravel or stony soils and clays over granite or laterite.[4]