''Tetratheca pubescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family that is endemic to

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. It grows as a slender

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to 60 cm in height. The flowers are white, pink or purple. It grows within the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee

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bioregions of southwest Western Australia, on rocky hillsides, gullies and creekbanks of sand,

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or clay.

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pubescens Eudicots of Western Australia Oxalidales of Australia Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow Plants described in 1852 {{Australia-rosid-stub