Diplolaena grandiflora, commonly known as wild rose or Tamala rose, is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia.
Diplolaena grandiflora grows to between 0.5 and 3 metres high and has an erect habit. In a period between late autumn and spring, it produces showy, upright or pendant flowers. These have a cluster of red stamens in the centre, surrounded by pinkish-red bracts. The leaves are ovate and are up to 5 cm in length and are dark green on the top and downy on the undersides.
Despite its common name of "wild rose", it is not closely related to the rose, but rather it is placed in the family Rutaceae. The first known scientific collection of the species was by William Dampier during a voyage to New Holland in 1699.
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Love seeing this beautiful flower. My post includes a book about a plant (Miss Wolcott's Ghost - the name of the plant actually) as well as my new plant, an orchid I call Darling Orchid.
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