Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata)

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The Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata), as the name suggests, is found growing in the wild in Tasmania.

It occurs at altitudes of 600-1,200 m, in moist acid soils, in subalpine shrublands and wet sclerophyll forests of Tasmania. Flowers are usually red, although there are cream and pink forms. There is also a rare yellow form.

Examples can be found growing in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and also Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, New South Wales.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophytes
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Superorder: Proteanae
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Telopea
Species: Telopea truncata

Footnote & References

Telopea truncata (Labill.) R.Br., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2895920

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