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Tetratheca halmaturina
Curly pink-bells is a small, compact shrub from Kangaroo Island in South Australia, grown for its dark pink flowers that appear from July to December. It is an uncommon garden plant and is happiest in full sun with good drainage, like other heathland species.
Tetratheca halmaturina, also known as curly pink-bells, is a species of plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.
The species is endemic to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, where it is found mainly in the northern and western parts of the island in shrubland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tetratheca halmaturina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
