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Commersonia prostrata

Commersonia prostrata
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. New South Wales to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Commersonia prostrata, commonly known as dwarf kerrawang, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with trailing branches, egg-shaped leaves, the lower surface densely covered with star-like hairs, white, petal-like sepals, and smaller, pinkish petals.

Where it grows

Dwarf kerrawang grows in open woodland and near the edge of forest and is known from populations on the Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, the largest population in the Thirlmere Lakes area, and in a few near-coastal areas of south-eastern Victoria.

Other Commersonia plants

Commersonia amystia · Commersonia apella · Brown kurrajong · Commersonia borealis · Commersonia breviseta · Commersonia corniculata · Commersonia corylifolia · Brittle Leaved Rulingia · Kerrawang · Commersonia densiflora · Commersonia erythrogyna · Commersonia gilva

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Commersonia prostrata 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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