''Anigozanthos gabrielae'' is a

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Anigozanthos ''Anigozanthos'' is a genus of plant found naturally in the Southwestern Australia biogeographic region, belonging to the bloodwort family Haemodoraceae. The 11 species and their subspecies are commonly known as kangaroo paw or catspaw, depe ...

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Haemodoraceae known as dwarf kangaroo paw. This flowering, rhizomatous,

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to Southwest Australia and grows on sand in areas which are wet in winter. The species was first described by

Karel Domin Karel Domin (4 May 1882 – 10 June 1953) was a Czech botanist and politician. Biography Domin was 4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles Uni ...

in the 1912 in the ''Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany''.

Description

''Anigozanthos gabrielae'' has flat leaves, which are from 20 to 120 mm long and 0.8 to 3 mm wide. It has no hairs or bristles on the leaf margins, nor does it have hairs on the leaf surface. The scape is hairy, and from 90 to 230 mm long. A bract (9–30 mm long) subtends the inflorescence, which has several flowers. The bracts for each flower are 6.5–15 mm long and each flower is on a stem which is from 2 to 6.5 mm long, while the flowers are from 20 to 39 mm long. The

perianth The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower. It is a structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals) or tepal ...

is hairy, and has bilateral symmetry. It is both red and green, with six tepals. There are six stamens, in pairs at three levels. The stamen filaments are 1.5-2.3 mm long, and the anthers are without an appendage and 1.5-2.4 mm long. Style 18–28 mm long. It flowers in September or October.

Distribution

It is found in the following Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) regions:

Avon Wheatbelt The Avon Wheatbelt is a bioregion in Western Australia. It has an area of . It is considered part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion. Geography The Avon Wheatbelt bioregion is mostly a gently undulating landscape with low rel ...

Jarrah Forest Jarrah Forest, also known as the Southwest Australia woodlands, is an interim Australian bioregion and ecoregion located in the south west of Western Australia.

, Mallee and

Esperance Plains Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeography, biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the South_coast_of_Western_Australia , south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordere ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15317366 gabrielae Commelinales of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Taxa named by Karel Domin Plants described in 1912 Endemic flora of Southwest Australia