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Archeria Comberi
''Archeria comberi'', also known as the pink mountain heath or comb heath, is a small, rare shrub endemic to Tasmania, Australia.Crayn, D.M., Quinn, C.J. 1998. Archerieae: a New Tribe in the Epacridaceae. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 11: 23-34. As a member of the heath family, Ericaceae, this species is generally classified as a subalpine/ alpine species and shares many characteristics with other members of the family. It is an evergreen shrub 0.15m-1m in height, with pink flowers during the summer months (January and December), hence its common name pink mountain heath. ''Archeria comberi'' is often found growing among other species such as ''Nothofagus gunnii'' and ''Persoonia gunnii''. Description Very similar to, and sometimes mistaken for, '' Epacris serpyllifolia'', ''Archeria comberi'' has a number of key characteristics that enable its identification, especially the distinct pink, tubular flowers, with pink and yellow stigma and stamen, and fused sepals. These flowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epacris Serpyllifolia
''Epacris serpyllifolia''is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a small low-lying or weakly erect shrub with heart-shaped to broadly egg-shaped leaves and tube-shaped white flowers crowded in upper leaf axils. Description ''Epacris serpyllifolia'' is a prostrate, low-lying or weakly erect, sometimes bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . Its leaves are egg-shaped, long, sometimes with a short point on the end. The flowers are borne in leaf axils near the ends of branches with often coloured sepals about long. The petal tube is slightly longer than the sepals and the petal lobes are shorter than the petal tube, and the anthers sometimes slightly longer than the petal tube. Taxonomy ''Epacris serpyllifolia'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae''. The specific epithet (''serpyllifolia'') means "wild thyme Thyme () is the herb (dried aerial part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
