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Micrantheum serpentinum

Micrantheum serpentinum
Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Picrodendraceae (Picrodendr family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
NW. Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Micrantheum serpentinum, commonly known as western tridentbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Picrodendraceae, and is endemic to north-western Tasmania. It is a straggly, monoecious shrub with oblong to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and yellowish to greenish flowers.

Where it grows

Western tridentbush grows in shrubby, low, open woodland, shrubland or heath, usually on rocky hills sides in serpentinite geology, and is endemic to the Cradle Coast of north-western Tasmania.

Other Micrantheum plants

Dwarf Micrantheum · Micrantheum ericoides · Micrantheum hexandrum · Micrantheum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micrantheum serpentinum 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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