''Guichenotia intermedia'' is a flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with hairy leaves and mauve-pink flowers.

Description

''Guichenotia intermedia'' is a small, upright, spreading shrub to high, wide and new growth covered in white star-shaped hairs. The leaves are linear shaped, long, wide, upper and lower surfaces covered densely with white star-shaped hairs, margins rolled under and rounded at the apex. The flowers are borne in clusters of two or three, in diameter on a peduncle long and the petals are dark red up to long. The calyx are mauve-pink , lobes long, joined halfway, inner surface has star-shaped hairs, outer surface has white star-shaped hairs and the

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long. The green

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s are at the base of each pedicel, oval-shaped, long and wide. Flowering occurs in May or July to August and the fruit is woody, thin and in diameter.

Taxonomy and naming

''Guichenotia intermedia'' was first formally described in 2003 by Carolyn F. Wilkins and the description was published in ''

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''. The

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(''intermedia'') means "coming between".

Distribution and habitat

This species of guichenotia is found on scrublands, roadsides, sandy flats and coastal heath from Kalbarri and north to

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References

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Endemic flora of Western Australia