Hydnophytum ferrugineum

Hydnophytum ferrugineum is a epiphyte species of myrmecophytes native to the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It forms a mutualistic relationship with ants on tree branches in the tropics. It is distinctive due to the presence of rust-colored hairs covering the bracts near the inflorescences. H. ferrugineum was first described by Paul Irwin Forster in 2001, given its specific epithet ferrugineum due to the rust-colored hairs located on the bracts.