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Australian Anchor Plant

Discaria pubescens

Australian Anchor Plant
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0
Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Discaria pubescens, the hairy anchor plant or Australian anchor plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Discaria pubescens 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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