Tetratheca retrorsa
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| Tetratheca retrorsa | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Tetratheca |
| Species: | T. retrorsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetratheca retrorsa Joy Thomps., 1976[1]
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Tetratheca retrorsa is a species of plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.
Description
[edit | edit source]The species grows as a spindly, sparsely-leaved, spreading shrub to 1.5 m in height. The pink flowers appear from September to October.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]The range of the species lies in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregions of south-west Western Australia. The plants grow on lateritic breakaways.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
