Beaufortia (plant) tallest are up to in height. Most are andromonoecious, meaning they have both male and bisexual flowers on one plant. The flowers are in spikelike or headlike inflorescences. The flower has five triangular sepals and five white, yellow, red, pink, or purple petals, which are sometimes hairy. The petals usually fall off as the flower opens, or shortly after that. The stamens are red or deep pink, arranged in five bundles and extend well beyond the petals, giving the inflorescence its colour. Unlike other closely related genera such as "Melaleuca", the anthers are attached to the filament at their base
Amaranth (color) color of the flower of those amaranth plants that have "amaranth red" colored flowers. The first recorded use of "amaranth" as a color name in English was in 1690. The name "amaranth" comes from the Greek "a" (not) + "marainean" (to waste away), i.e., a flower believed to grow on Mount Olympus which never died. The color amaranth pink is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of pink amaranth flowers. The first recorded use of "amaranth pink" as a color name in English was in 1905. The Crayola crayon color radical red is displayed at