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Showing Balaustion quinquelobum
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Type: "106 km west of Southern Cross, Western Australia, 20 September 1978, R.J. Cranfield 601 (holo: PERTH 09447172; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, HO, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH 03416356)."
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Etymology: "From the Latin quinque- (five-) and lobus (lobe), referring to the hypanthium being 5-lobed where it is attached to the pedicel."