Biology:Tetratheca procumbens
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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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 Gunn ex Hook.f., 1855
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Tetratheca procumbens, also known as mountain pink-bells, is a species of flowering plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia .
Description
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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Val Stajsic (2019). "Tetratheca procumbens Gunn ex Hook.f.". Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation, Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/78f14d46-32e7-4920-a835-029988da95d3.
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