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Mountain Beard Heath

Acrothamnus hookeri

Mountain Beard Heath
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Acrothamnus hookeri, commonly known as the mountain beardheath, 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.

Where it grows

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

Other Acrothamnus plants

Colenso's Mingimingi · Subalpine Beard Heath · Snow Beard Heath · Acrothamnus spathaceus · Acrothamnus suaveolens · Acrothamnus · Leucopogon melaleucoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrothamnus hookeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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