Beaufortia sparsa

taxobox
name = "Beaufortia sparsa"

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image_caption = "Beaufortia sparsa"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Beaufortia"
species = "B. sparsa"
binomial = "Beaufortia sparsa"
binomial_authority = R.Br.|

"Beaufortia sparsa", commonly known as the Swamp Bottlebrush or the Gravel Bottlebrush, is a species of shrub that grows in the south west and great southern regions of Western Australia.

"B. sparsa" is an evergreen shrub that grows from between convert|1|m|ft|0 to convert|3|m|ft|0 tall [cite web|url=http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5392|title=Florabase -Beaufortia sparsa|year=1995|accessdate=2008-04-28] and a width of convert|1|m|ft|0 to convert|2.5|m|ft|0|lk=on. [cite web|url=http://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/karwarra/calendar_march.htm|title=Karwarra - Flowering Calendar - March|year=2007|accessdate=2008-04-28] The leaves of the plant are bright green and oval shaped with a length of approximately convert|10|mm|in|0. [cite web|url=http://asgap.org.au/b-spa.html|title=Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants-Beaufortia sparsa|year=2007|accessdate=2008-04-28]

The flowers of "B. sparsa" are a bright orange to red in colour and the shape of a bottlebrush flower cluster or inflorescence that tend to occur toward the end of the branch. [cite web|url=http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Beaufortia_sparsa.htm|title=Top Tropicals Plant Catalogue|year=2008|accessdate=2008-04-28] Flowers are produced from January to April and September to November.The plant grows naturally in damp areas and is not drought tolerant. [cite web|url=http://geographelandcarenursery.mysouthwest.com.au/Our%20Species%20List%20(fast)/Beaufortia%20sparsa|title=GEOGRAPHE COMMUNITY LANDCARE NURSERY|year=2005|accessdate=2008-04-28]

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