Beaufortia purpurea (Purple Beaufortia)
Beaufortia purpurea, commonly known as purple beaufortia, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear to egg-shaped leaves and purplish-red flowers in dense heads on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering.
Beaufortia purpurea mainly occurs in the outer suburbs of Perth in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions. It usually grows in soils derived from laterite or granite on rocky slopes.
Beaufortia purpurea is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Beaufortia purpurea Scientific name
- Purple Beaufortia Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 80.2m to 133.1m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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