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Tetratheca rubioides

Tetratheca rubioides is a compact, low shrub from eastern New South Wales, Australia, grown for its deep lilac-pink flowers in spring. It is best grown in a sunny, well-drained, sandy or sandstone-based soil that is kept on the dry side.

Family
Elaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarp family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil, ideally acidic to neutral; a sandstone-based mix suits it.
Temperature
Tolerates roughly 5–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Tetratheca rubioides is a species of flowering plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.

Where it grows

The range of the species extends from the Blue Mountains to the Braidwood district in eastern New South Wales, where the plants grow in heath and sclerophyll forest on sandstone.

Other Tetratheca plants

Tetratheca affinis · Tetratheca aphylla · Mountain Pink Bells · Pink Bells · Tetratheca confertifolia · Tetratheca decora · Tetratheca deltoidea · Tetratheca efoliata · Tetratheca ericifolia · Tetratheca erubescens · Tetratheca exasperata · Tetratheca fasciculata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tetratheca rubioides 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.

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