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Tribonanthes ''Tribonanthes'' a genus of Australian plants endemic to Western AustraliaTribonanthes ''Tribonanthes'' a genus of Australian plants endemic to Western AustraliaHaemodoraceae Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with 14 genera and 102 known species. It is sometimes known as the "bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New ...
. It was first described by Macfarlane and
Hopper Hopper or hoppers may refer to: Places *Hopper, Illinois * Hopper, West Virginia * Hopper, a mountain and valley in the Hunza–Nagar District of Pakistan * Hopper (crater), a crater on Mercury People with the name * Hopper (surname) * Grace H ...
in 1987. It is a
perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
herb growing from 0.03 to 0.04 m high, in seasonally wet moss and herbfields among granite rocks. Its pink to purple flowers are seen in August. It is found in the
IBRA The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was devel ...
regions: Avon Wheatbelt,
Esperance Plains Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordered to the north by the Mallee region. It is a pl ...
,
Jarrah Forest Jarrah forest is tall open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is ''Eucalyptus marginata'' (jarrah). The ecosystem occurs only in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia. It is most common in the biogeographic region named in ...
and Mallee.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15327435 Haemodoraceae Commelinales of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Endemic flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Stephen Hopper Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane