| Heath pink-bells | |
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| Tetratheca bauerifolia, Kinglake National Park, Victoria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Tetratheca |
| Species: | T. bauerifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetratheca bauerifolia F.Muell. ex Schuch. | |
Tetratheca bauerifolia, commonly known as heath pink-bells, is a flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small compact shrub with pink-mauve flowers.
Description
Tetratheca bauerifolia is a small shrub to 30 cm (12 in) high with angled or needle-shaped stems covered with bristly, short, curved or curled hairs usually less than 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The leaves are oval to narrow-elliptic shaped, arranged in whorls of 4-6 along the branches, usually 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide and sessile. The flowers are borne mostly singly on a hooked peduncle, the petals mauve-pink and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long with darker, hairless sepals that are 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is heart-shaped to more or less wedge shaped and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long.
Taxonomy
Tetratheca bauerifolia was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1853 and the description was published in Synopsis Tremandrearum.
Distribution and habitat
Heath pink-bells grows mostly at higher altitudes in eucalypt forests in rocky locations south of Hill End in New South Wales. A widespread species in eastern Victoria usually in rocky locations or in open forests.
References
- "Tetratheca bauerifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Tetratheca bauerifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Tetratheca bauerifolia". VICFLORA-flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2010). Native Plants of the Sydney Region (345 ed.). Crows Nest: Jacana Books. ISBN 9781741755718.
- "Tertratheca bauerifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
- Schuchardt, Theodor (1853). Synopsis Tremandrearum. pp. 29–30. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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| Tetratheca bauerifolia | |