Blancoa
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Blancoa is a genus
with a single species of perennial herb in the family Haemodoraceae
, endemic to the south west of Western Australia
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The sole species in the genus is Blancoa canescens, Winter Bell. It has nodding red to pink flowers, clumping habit and grows to around 40 cm in height.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
with a single species of perennial herb in the family Haemodoraceae
Haemodoraceae
Haemodoraceae is a family of flowering plants. It is sometimes known as the "Bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New Guinea, and in the Americas Haemodoraceae is a family of flowering plants. It is sometimes known as the...
, endemic to the south west of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The sole species in the genus is Blancoa canescens, Winter Bell. It has nodding red to pink flowers, clumping habit and grows to around 40 cm in height.