English: Winter bell; Red Bugle.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: South west Australia.
Habitat: deep, sandy, soils; within Banksia woodlands or kwongan (sandy heathland).
Content: phenylphenalenones, which are specialized pigments
Use: ornamental, in bird-attracting or native gardens due to its striking winter color.
BotanyHerb; perennial, clump-forming, caespitose; 40 cm tall.
Root: fibrous; emerging from a short, woody underground rhizome that allows the plant to survive drought and fire.
Stem: stemless above ground.
Leaves: narrow, linear, and strappy (ensiform); covered in fine, silky greyish hairs (tomentose), giving them a "hoary" appearance.
Inflorescence: nodding, one-sided raceme (cyme) on a flowering stalk (scape) that grows 10–40 cm high.
Flowers: pendulous and tubular, bell-shaped; nodding; bright red to rusty-orange on the exterior due to dense hairs, often yellowish-green on the inside; typically 25–35 mm long.
Fruits: loculicidal capsule, which is a dry dehiscent fruit that splits open when mature to release seeds.
Seeds: small, numerous, and typically dispersed by wind or local movement once the capsule dries and opens.