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Blancoa canescens
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Blancoa is a monotypic genus of perennial herbs in the family Haemodoraceae; the single species is Blancoa canescens, commonly known as the winter bell. It is endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia. It has nodding red to pink flowers, a clumping habit and grows to be 10 to 40 cm in height. The genus is named in honour of Francisco Manuel Blanco, a Spanish friar and botanist who compiled the first comprehensive flora of the Philippines.
- Family
- Haemodoraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Blancoa canescens
- Slug
- blancoa-canescens
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Haemodoraceae
- Genus
- Blancoa
- Species
- canescens
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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