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River Rose

Bauera rubioides

Also called Dog Rose, Bauera, Madder Leaved Bauera

River Rose
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Cunoniaceae (Cunoni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Native range
E. & SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Bauera rubioides, commonly known as river rose, dog rose or wiry bauera, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a scrambling, tangled shrub with wiry branches, trifoliate, usually toothed leaves, and pink or white flowers.

How to grow it

Bauera rubioides is readily grown from cuttings and is hardy in moist, well-drained soil in full sun or light shade.

Where it grows

River rose grows in wet, often shaded areas in south-eastern Queensland, the coast and ranges of New South Wales, in southern Victoria, south-eastern South Australia and it is common in Tasmania.

Other Bauera plants

Clustered Bauera · Bauera microphylla · Grampians Bauera · Bauera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bauera rubioides 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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