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'''Waratah''' ('''''Telopea''''') is a genus of five species of large [[shrub]]s or small [[tree]]s in the [[Proteaceae]], native to the southeastern parts of [[Australia]] ([[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[Tasmania]]). They have spirally arranged [[leaf|leaves]] 10-20 cm long and 2-3 cm broad with entire or serrated margins, and large, dense [[flower]]heads 6-15 cm diameter with numerous small red flowers and a basal ring of red [[bract]]s. The name ''waratah'' comes from the [[Eora]] Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the [[Sydney]] area. {{Inc| Telopea (Greek, seen at a distance, of fanciful application). Proteaceae. Tall shrubs, occasionally grown in the greenhouse and one species has been experimented with in S. Calif., but so far has not proved very successful. Lvs. alternate, entire or dentate: fls. showy, red, hermaphrodite, twin-pedicelled, densely racemose; racemes terminal, subglobose or ovoid; bracts exterior, membranaceous, colored; perianth-tube elongated, segms. at length more or less separated; disk fleshy, strongly oblique but almost perfectly annulate; ovary long-stipitate, many-ovuled: follicle stipitate, oblique, leathery, recurved.—Three species, 2 Australian, 1 Tasmanian. An earlier name of the genus is Hylogyne, but Telopea is included in the list of "nomina conservanda accepted by the Vienna Congress. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== Waratahs are popular, though somewhat tricky to grow, [[ornamental plant]]s in [[garden]]s in Australia. ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ===Species=== The five species all occupy distinct ranges with minimal or no overlap; listed from north to south: *''[[Telopea aspera]]'' [[Michael Douglas Crisp|Crisp]] & [[P.H.Weston]] - '''[[Gibraltar Range]] Waratah''' or New England Waratah. Northeast New South Wales. *''[[Telopea speciosissima]]'' ([[James Edward Smith|Sm.]]) [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]] - '''New South Wales Waratah'''. East New South Wales. *''[[Telopea mongaensis]]'' [[Edwin Cheel|Cheel]] - '''Braidwood Waratah''' or Monga Waratah. Southeast New South Wales. *''[[Telopea oreades]]'' [[Ferdinand von Mueller|F.Muell.]] - '''[[Gippsland]] Waratah''' or Victorian Waratah. Southern Victoria. *''[[Telopea truncata]]'' ([[Jacques Labillardière|Labill.]]) [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]] - '''Tasmanian Waratah'''. Tasmania. The New South Wales Waratah is native to areas in the [[Sydney]] geological basin, Central and South Coast districts, and in the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]]; it grows to about 4 m tall. It typically grows in sandy [[loam]] soils along ridges and plateaus. This waratah is endemic to New South Wales, but has now spread due to its popularity, to Victoria and even Tasmania. Several [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] and [[cultivar]]s have been developed, including some with creamy-white and pink flowers as well as the natural red. White forms of ''Telopea speciossisima'' are named ''Telopea'' "Wirrimbirra White" and ''T.'' "Shady Lady White", while ''T.'' "Shady Lady Pink" and ''T.'' "Shady Lady Red" are actually hybrids between ''Telopea speciosissima'' and ''Telopea oreades''. ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:wwaratah.jpg|A white waratah cultivar Image:Telopea speciosissima suellen.JPG|NSW Waratah, cult. photo. Suellen Harris]] File:Teloreades1.jpg|Telopea oreades Image:Telopea mongaensis at Monga National Park.jpg|Telopea mongaensis at [[Monga National Park]] </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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