Diplolaena ferruginea is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has leaves arranged opposite and red and green pendulous flowers.
Diplolaena ferruginea is a small, spreading shrub to high with smooth branches covered in scales or star-shaped hairs. The leaves are simple, leathery, upper surface bright green, arranged opposite, long, wide, flat, smooth, covered in star-shaped hairs or scales. The red or green corolla has 5 overlapping, linear, rust-coloured petals long, outer bracts long, densely covered in rust-colored short matted hairs, pedicels long and numerous, smooth, stamens long, smooth and hairy. Flowering occurs from July to October.[1] [2]
Diplolaena ferruginea was first formally described in 1971 by Paul Graham Wilson and the description was published in Nuytsia.[2] [3] The specific epithet (ferruginea) means "rust-colored".[4]
This species grows in a variety of situations including gravel, sand, clay on or near the Western Australian coast.[1]