Family: Tremandraceae
Plant: A sprawling sub-shrub up to 60cm high with wiry stems.
Flowers: Dark rose pink, 4-petalled solitary flowers 2cm across with 8 stamens and drooping on long stalks.
Flowering: August-October.
Fruit: Capsule 7mm long and often beaked.
Leaves: Two leaf types found on same plant. (1) Broad elliptic, 3-whorled and hairy 4-12mm long and 6mm wide. (2) Narrow linear in opposite pairs 1-2cm long and 1mm wide.
Habitat: Heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Pink 4-petalled flowers nodding on long stalks. Two types of leaves on the same plant.
Name:
Tetratheca From Greek tetra = four and theke = box (referring to its unusual 4-celled anthers).
shiressii After David Shiress.
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Type |
Shrub, Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Pink, |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite, Whorled |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Linear |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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