''Rinzia dimorphandra'', commonly known as the Esperance rinzia, is a plant

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of the family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

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to Western Australia. The rounded shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms in October producing white-pink flowers. It is found along the south coast in the Goldfields-Esperance region of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

centred around the town of Esperance where it grows in sandy soils.

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dimorphandra ''Dimorphandra'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes 26 species native to northern South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southeastern Brazil. Accepted Specie ...

Endemic flora of Western Australia Myrtales of Australia Rosids of Western Australia Taxa named by George Bentham Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1986 {{Myrtaceae-stub