Darwinia peduncularis B.G.Briggs APNI* 
Description: Divaricate shrub to 1.5 m high.
Leaves laterally compressed, spreading to c. 90 degrees, 7–12 mm long, glabrous.
Flowers usually in pairs; peduncles (2-)4–7 mm long, often recurved; bracts leaf-like or triangular and scarious, 1–10 mm long; bracteoles oblong, 4–8 mm long, purplish red, caducous. Hypanthium 9–12 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm diam. Sepals triangular, < 1 mm long, entire or toothed; about half a long as the petals. Style strongly curved, 6–10 mm long, white.
Flowering: winter to early spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Hornsby to Hawkesbury R., Bargo R. and west to Wentworth Falls and Glen Davis, rare. Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone hillsides and ridge.
NSW subdivisions: CC, CT
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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