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Sandy Hollow Commersonia

Androcalva rosea

Sandy Hollow Commersonia
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Androcalva rosea, commonly known as Sandy Hollow commersonia, is a small endangered shrub with pink flowers and prostrate trailing branches. It is only known from four locations in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales.

Where it grows

The species is only known from four areas all within an 8 kilometre radius of Sandy Hollow district of the upper Hunter Valley. It grows in scrubland and heath vegetation on poor sandy soils.

Other Androcalva plants

Androcalva adenothalia · Androcalva aphrix · Androcalva argentea · Androcalva beeronensis · Androcalva bivillosa · Androcalva crispa · Androcalva cuneata · Androcalva fragifolia · Androcalva fraseri · Androcalva gaudichaudii · Androcalva incilis · Androcalva inglewoodensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androcalva rosea 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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