Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic plant found in Western Australia

Western Australia

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. The species is known locally as the Christmas Tree, displaying bright orange flowers during the Christmas

Christmas

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 season.
The habit of the species is a tree up to 10 m high, or as a shrub. The rough bark is grey-brown. Flowers are a vivid yellow-orange, appearing between October and January.
It is a root hemiparasite, is photosynthetic and mainly obtains water and mineral nutrients from its hosts.