Acrothamnus hookeri

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Mountain beardheath
Acrothamnus hookeri Careys Peak April 1995.jpg
Careys Peak, Australia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Acrothamnus
Species:
A. hookeri
Binomial name
Acrothamnus hookeri
(Sond.) Quinn [1]

Acrothamnus hookeri, commonly known as the mountain beardheath, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and grows in subalpine regions of southeastern Australia. It is a small upright shrub with oblong-shaped leaves and white flowers.

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Description

Acrothamnus hookeri is an upright, occasionally bushy shrub about 50 cm (20 in) high with branchlets that are rough. The leaves are oblong-shaped, 4.0–9.2 mm (0.16–0.36 in) long, 1.1–2.5 mm (0.043–0.098 in) wide, edges mostly smooth but finely toothed toward the apex, upper surface flat to curved outward, lower surface sometimes with a whitish covering and 3 middle more or less parallel veins, and a petiole 0.5–1.2 mm (0.020–0.047 in) long. The white flowers are borne in groups of 1-10 in spikes up to 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long, more or less crowded, at the end of branches or upper leaf nodes, bracteoles broadly oval-shaped, 1.2–1.7 mm (0.047–0.067 in) long and the sepals 1.75–2.6 mm (0.069–0.102 in) long. The male corolla tube is 2–2.1 mm (0.079–0.083 in) long, female tubes 1.8–1.9 mm (0.071–0.075 in) long, lobes about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long and bearded on the inside. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is a fleshy, pink drupe, red when ripe, smooth and 2.2–2.6 mm (0.087–0.102 in) long. [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Acrothamnus hookeri was first formally described in 2005 by Christopher John Quinn and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany . [5]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain beardheath grows in montane forest, in heath on wet rocky soils and woodland in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Acrothamnus hookeri". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 Cosgrove, Meredith (2014). Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meadow Argus. p. 104. ISBN   9780994183408.
  3. 1 2 J. M. Powell. "New South Wales Flora Online: Acrothamnus hookeri". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  4. Stajsic, Val. "Acrothamnus hookeri". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. "Acrothamnus hookeri". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 18 February 2023.