Ceratopetalum gummiferum
English: Christmas bush; New South Wales Christmas bush.
Region: Australia, Papua New Guinea, New South Wales.
Habitat: well-drained soil.
Use: ornamental, due to its sepals that turn bright red-pink at around Christmas time.
Botany: tall shrub or small tree, initially rounded shrubs, later pyramidical trees; stem alludes large amounts of gum; leaves with three leaflets, up to 8 cm long, petioles grooved on the upper side and are ± 15 mm long; flowers small, white, sepals enlarge to about 12 mm after the flower sets fruit and starts to dry out, blooming in October