Tetratheca bauerifolia F. Müll.

Tetratheca bauerifolia, commonly known as heath pink-bells,^[2] is a flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small compact shrub with pink-mauve flowers.

Description

Tetratheca bauerifolia is a small shrub to 30 cm (12 in) high with angled or needle-shaped stems covered with bristly, short, curved or curled hairs usually less than 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The leaves are oval to narrow-elliptic shaped, arranged in whorls of 4-6 along the branches, usually 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide and sessile. The flowers are borne mostly singly on a hooked peduncle, the petals mauve-pink and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long with darker, hairless sepals that are 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is heart-shaped to more or less wedge shaped and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long.^[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Tetratheca bauerifolia was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1853 and the description was published in Synopsis Tremandrearum.^[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

Heath pink-bells grows mostly at higher altitudes in eucalypt forests in rocky locations south of Hill End in New South Wales. A widespread species in eastern Victoria usually in rocky locations or in open forests.^[2][3]

References

Tetratheca bauerifolia, localement appelé Heath pink-bells, est une espèce de petits arbustes de la famille des Tremandraceae selon la classification classique, ou de la famille des Elaeocarpaceae selon la classification APG III. Elle est endémique à l'est de l'Australie.

Ce sont des petits arbustes qui peuvent atteindre jusqu'à 30 cm de haut. Ses fleurs roses apparaissent entre septembre et décembre dans son aire de répartition naturelle.

L'espèce a été décrite tout d'abord par le botaniste Ferdinand von Mueller en 1853 dans Synopsis Tremandrearum.

Elle pousse au Victoria et en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.