Grevillea thyrsoides
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Grevillea thyrsoides, is a small, spreading shrub which is endemic
to Western Australia
. It grows to between 0.3 metres and 0.7 metres in height and is up to 1.5 metres in width. It produces red flowers in late summer to early autumn and mid-winter to early spring (February to March and July to September in Australia
.)
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. It grows to between 0.3 metres and 0.7 metres in height and is up to 1.5 metres in width. It produces red flowers in late summer to early autumn and mid-winter to early spring (February to March and July to September in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.)