Blunt ground berry

(Acrotriche cordata)

galery

Description

Erect shrub to 100 cm high and 120 cm across. Young branches red-brown, with older stems grey or grey-brown. Leaves glabrous, thick, rigid, usually flat to 12 mm long and 5 mm wide with 3 parallel central veins. Flowers small, pale-green along a 5-8 mm long spikes. Flowering between July and September.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ericales
Family:Ericaceae
Genus:Acrotriche
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