''Enekbatus stowardii'' is a shrub endemic to

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. The low shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between July and October producing pink-red flowers. It is found on plains, hillsides, road verges and flats in the

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and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia between Morawa and Yalgoo where it grows in sandy-loamy-clay soils often containing rocky gravel over

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. It was initially formally described as ''Baeckea stowardii'' by the

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Spencer Le Marchant Moore Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist. Biography Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then work ...

in 1920 as part of the work ''A contribution to the Flora of Australia.'' published in the '' Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany''. It was transferred to the ''Enekbatus'' genera in 2010 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the work ''Enekbatus, a new Western Australian genus of Myrtaceae with a multi-locular indehiscent fruit.'' published in the journal ''

Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...

''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enekbatus stowardii stowardii Endemic flora of Western Australia Myrtales of Australia Rosids of Western Australia Plants described in 2010 Taxa named by Spencer Le Marchant Moore