Babingtonia pelloeae

Babingtonia pelloeae, commonly known as Pelloe's babingtonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly oblong to linear leaves and pink flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower with 12 to 20 stamens in a circle.

Description
Babingtonia pelloeae is an erect, usually open shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm and has slender branches with short side-branches. The leaves are mostly narrowly oblong to linear, 3.5–8 mm long and 0.4–0.8 mm wide on a petiole 0.2–0.5 mm long. Both surfaces of the leaves have rows of conspicuous oil glands on each side of the mid-vein. The flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 1.2–1.5 mm long with bracteoles 1.2–1.7 mm long at the base but that fall off as the flowers open. The sepals are pink, 0.7–1.3 mm long and 1.4–2.2 mm wide and the petals are pink, 3.3–5.0 mm long with usually 12 to 20 stamens in a circle. The ovary has three locules and the style is 1.7–3 mm long. Flowering occurs in December and January, and the fruit is a capsule about 2.5 mm long and 3.0–3.5 mm in diameter.

Taxonomy
Babingtonia pelloeae was first formally described in 2015 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Carmel in 1999. The specific epithet (pelloeae) honours Emily Harriet Pelloe.

Distribution and habitat
This species grows on open woodland between the Moore River and Roleystone, including the Darling Scarp, in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status
Babingtonia minutifolia is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.