Seringia velutina

Seringia velutina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Seringia
Species:
S. velutina
Binomial name
Seringia velutina
Synonyms
  • Keraudrenia integrifolia var. velutina (Steetz) Benth.
  • Keraudrenia velutina Steetz
  • Seringea grandiflora F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Seringia grandiflora F.Muell.
  • Keraudrenia integrifolia auct. non Steud.: Grieve, B.J. (1998)

Seringia velutina, commonly known as velvet firebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae family and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a suckering shrub that sometimes forms dense colonies. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped and it has 3 to 11 pale pink to purple flowers arranged in loose cymes.

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