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Tetratheca procumbens

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Tetratheca procumbens
19th century botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Tetratheca
Species:
T. procumbens
Binomial name
Tetratheca procumbens
Gunn ex Hook.f., 1855

Tetratheca procumbens, also known as mountain pink-bells, is a species of flowering plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.

Description

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The species grows as a small, procumbent to weakly ascending shrub to 5–30 cm in height. The linear leaves are 2–8 mm long and 0.5–2 mm wide. The flowers are lilac-pink or white, with petals 3–5 mm long, appearing from October to December.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The species is found in Victoria, in mountain country north of Heyfield, as well as in Tasmania, where the plants grow in low subalpine heathland on peat soils or sphagnum near bogs and streams.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Val Stajsic (2019). "Tetratheca procumbens Gunn ex Hook.f." VicFlora. Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation, Victoria. Retrieved 22 October 2021.