Heath pink bells

(Tetratheca bauerifolia)

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Description

Tetratheca bauerifolia, commonly known as heath pink-bells, is a small shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia.It is a small shrub which may grow to 30 cm high. Deep pink flowers appear between September and December in the species native range.The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1853 in Synopsis Tremandrearum.It occurs in Victoria and New South Wales

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Oxalidales
Family:Elaeocarpaceae
Genus:Tetratheca
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