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Cyathodes glauca
Cyathodes glauca, the purple cheeseberry, is a woody shrub or small tree common in Tasmania, Australia. It belongs to the heath family, Ericaceae. 'Heath' refers to open, shrub-like communities, which survive on well-drained and poor quality soils.
The genus name Cyathodes is in reference to the flower, describing it as 'cup-shaped'. The specific epithet glauca is 'glaucous', which means bluish-grey or green, referring to the distinguishable, lighter colour on the underside of the leaves.
Cyathodes glauca is a widespread and locally common understorey plant in open forest below 1100m (subalpine). It is found almost only in Tasmania, Australia. It inhabits mostly subalpine, sclerophyll woodland or wet sclerophyll forest.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyathodes glauca 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.
