Biology:Tetratheca rupicola

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tetratheca rupicola
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Tetratheca
Species:
T. rupicola
Binomial name
Tetratheca rupicola
Joy Thomps., 1976[1]

Tetratheca rupicola is a species of plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia .

Description

The species grows as a compact or diffuse shrub to 20–40 cm in height. The solitary pink flowers have petals 6–15 mm long, appearing from October to December.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The plants grow in sandy and rocky soils in heath and sclerophyll forest in the Blue Mountains of central eastern New South Wales.[2]

References

  1. Thompson, J (1976). "A Revision of the Genus Tetratheca (Tremandraceae)". Telopea 1 (3): 139–215. doi:10.7751/telopea19763301. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 C. Gardner & L. Murray (1992). "Tetratheca rupicola Joy Thomps.". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tetratheca~rupicola. 

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