Line engraving by Thomas Scratchley after
Sydney Parkinson (1770) and John
Frederick Miller.

Plate 321

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Banks Florilegium, Part 15, Plate 321

Haemodorum coccineum (Haemodoraceae)

Line engraving by Thomas Scratchley after Sydney Parkinson (1770) and John
Frederick Miller.

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Point Lookout, Australia (1770)
Endeavour River, Australia (17 June - 4 August 1770)

This smallish perennial species is commonly known as scarlet-flower blood-root,
the sap having a blood-red colour. It is found in north-eastern Queensland and
the Northern Territory in heaths and forests, particularly on sandy soils.

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