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Alloxylon flammeum

Alloxylon flammeum

Family:Proteaceae

Common name:Satin Silky Oak; Satin Oak; Pink Silky Oak; Orange Tree Waratah; Oak, Satin Silky; Oak, Pink Silky; Oak, Satin.

Conservation Status: Listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future, as determined in accordance with prescribed criteria. Probable classification 2V under the ROTAP system.

 

The flowers occur in clusters up to 75 mm in diameter and are conspicuously displayed in the leaf axils towards the ends of the branches. The flower colour is bright red and flowers are seen in spring and early summer.

 

NEQ. Grows in well developed upland rain forest

 

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Uploaded on September 11, 2013
Taken on September 10, 2013