''Rinzia crassifolia'', commonly known as the Darling Range rinzia, is a plant
species of the family
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pÅhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...
endemic to Western Australia.
The prostrate or spreading to erect shrub typically grows to a height of and a width of . It blooms between August to September producing white-pink flowers.
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It is found on rises and among rocky outcrops in the western Wheatbelt and the ]Swan Coastal Plain
The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geol ...
regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or clay soils over laterite
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
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References
crassifolia
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Myrtales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Plants described in 1852
Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow
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