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Tasmanian Waratah

Telopea truncata

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

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 Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, New South Wales.

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Telopea
Species: Telopea truncata
Tasmanian Waratah • Images
Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata)
Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata)
Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata)
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