Tetratheca procumbens, also known as mountain pink-bells, is a species of flowering plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.
| Tetratheca procumbens | |
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| 19th century botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Tetratheca |
| Species: | T. procumbens
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetratheca procumbens | |
Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Val Stajsic (2019). "Tetratheca procumbens Gunn ex Hook.f." VicFlora. Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation, Victoria. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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