Bauera microphylla

Bauera microphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Bauera
Species: B. microphylla
Binomial name
Bauera microphylla
Sieber ex DC.
Synonyms
  • Bauera rubioides var. microphylla (Sieber ex DC.) Ser. ex Benth.
  • Bauera microphylla var. microphylla

Bauera microphylla is a small many-branched shrub found in eastern Australia. It grows in heathland with high rainfall areas not far from Sydney, around 30 cm in height.[1] It is related to, though dissimilar to the rainforest tree Coachwood. The specific epithet microphylla means "small leaves".[2]

Leaflets are small, 2 to 9 mm long and 1 to 2.5 mm wide. Leaf edges are entire or with two to six teeth. Flowers are mostly six petaled, though some have five or seven. Flowers white or pink, 7 to 14 mm wide. The flower stalk is red, 5 mm long. Sepals are noticeable in spring to summer, when in flower.

References

  1. "Bauera microphylla". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 156


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