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Acrotriche divaricata

Acrotriche divaricata
Photo: Sofia Zvalanek, CC BY 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Acrotriche divaricata is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a bushy shrub with sharply-pointed lance-shaped leaves and spikes of 3 to 5 green or cream-coloured flowers and spherical, red drupes.

Where it grows

This species of Acrotriche is often found in sheltered forest or in rainforest, and is mostly seen growing on the coast and ranges of New South Wales south of Newcastle. A similar species Acrotriche leucocarpa with pearly white fruit, occurs in Victoria.

Other Acrotriche plants

Prickly Honey Pots · Ground Berry · Acrotriche baileyana · Coast Ground Berry · Australian Native Currant · Acrotriche dura · Mount Lofty Ground Berry · Acrotriche halmaturina · Acrotriche lancifolia · Tall Acrotriche · Acrotriche orbicularis · Acrotriche parviflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrotriche divaricata 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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