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Tetratheca thymifolia
Thyme Pink Bells is a small, tough-stemmed shrub up to about 1 m tall from eastern Australia, grown for its pink flowers that are fragrant on hot days. It does best in sandy, well-drained soil in part shade.
Tetratheca thymifolia, commonly known as black-eyed Susan or thyme pink-bells, is a small shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae found in southeastern Australia.
It was first described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1804. Its species name is derived from the Latin word folium "leaf" and thymus like the plant of that name. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek tetra "four", and theke "sac, box" and relates to the four-celled anthers.
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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.
