Heath pink-bells
Tetratheca bauerifolia, Kinglake National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

Tetratheca bauerifolia, commonly known as heath pink-bells,[2] 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.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Tetratheca bauerifolia was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1853 and the description was published in Synopsis Tremandrearum.[5][6]

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.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Tetratheca bauerifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tetratheca bauerifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Tetratheca bauerifolia". VICFLORA-flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2010). Native Plants of the Sydney Region (345 ed.). Crows Nest: Jacana Books. ISBN 9781741755718.
  5. ↑ "Tertratheca bauerifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  6. ↑ Schuchardt, Theodor (1853). Synopsis Tremandrearum. pp. 29–30. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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