Pink bells

(Tetratheca stenocarpa)

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Description

It is a prostrate or weeping small shrub which grows to between 1 and 1.5 metres high and 0.5 to 1 metre wide. The leaves are triangular to rounded with toothed edges.These are 5 to 12 millimetres long and wide and are reduced to scales on flowering stems and are often only seen on young growth. The pale to deep lilac-pink (rarely white) bell-shaped flowers appear between July and January in their native range.These occur in clusters of 1 to 3 on petioles with dense, gland-tipped hairs

Taxonomic tree:

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