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Dendrobium kingianum, commonly known as the pink rock orchid, [3] is a flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It usually grows on rocks, rarely as an epiphyte , and has thin, spreading leaves and spikes of up to fifteen, usually pink flowers in late winter to spring.
The Inland Pigface is a perennial and flowers during the southern summer and winter. [4] In a study done testing the effects of severe drought on the growth, water usage, and survival of several plants, including the Carpobrotus modestus, it was shown that high water use by C.modestus resulted in reduced survival relative to the other plants ...
Eucalyptus albopurpurea, commonly known as the purple-flowered mallee box or Port Lincoln mallee, [3] is a mallee or sometimes a tree that is endemic to South Australia.It has loose, fibrous grey-brown bark on the lower park of the trunk and smooth grey bark that is shed in strips on its upper parts.
Melaleuca nesophila, commonly known as showy honey-myrtle, mindiyet or pink melaleuca, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area near Albany in Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is mindiyet . [ 2 ]
Ptilotus exaltatus, more commonly known as pink mulla mulla, is an erect annual herb endemic to large parts of arid and semi-arid Australia. It grows throughout most areas of Australia except the Nullarbor Plain , occurring geographically above a line drawn from Perth to Esperance . [ 2 ]
Dipodium roseum is a leafless, tuberous, perennial, mycoheterotrophic herb.Between fifteen and fifty pale pink flowers with small dark red spots and 20–30 mm (0.8–1 in) wide are borne on a green to dark reddish black flowering stem 40–100 cm (20–40 in) tall.
Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is a compact evergreen perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems that support globes of bright pink flowers. In some cases purple, white or red flowers also occur.
Acacia purpureopetala, more commonly known as Purple flowered wattle or Cupid's wattle, is the only pink flowering wattle in Australia. [2] It grows in the Herberton district of north-east Queensland. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 it is listed as critically endangered. [1]