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Trochocarpa clarkei
Trochocarpa clarkei, commonly known as lilac berry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a dense, often low-lying shrub with oblong leaves and bisexual flowers arrange in dense flowering spikes, usually on old wood, with maroon and green petals joined at the base to from an urn-shaped to bell-shaped tube with dense tufts of hairs in the throat. The fruit is a bluish-purple drupe.
Lilac berry is endemic to alpine and sub-alpine areas of Victoria in Australia, usually growing near rocks, or in sheltered areas under snow gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trochocarpa clarkei 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.
