Acrotriche halmaturina
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| Acrotriche halmaturina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Acrotriche |
| Species: | A. halmaturina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrotriche halmaturina | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Acrotriche halmaturina, commonly known as Kangaroo Island ground-berry,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves, curved flowers near ground level with tube-shaped petals, and spherical fruit.
Acrotriche halmaturina is a shrub that typically grows a height of 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) and has the base of stems below the ground, the young stems with reddish-brown hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide on a petiole 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long. The flowers are curved with clusters of 8 to 12 on the stem at ground level with narrow bracteoles about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) wide at the base of the sepals. The sepals are pale green, narrowly lance-shaped, 8 mm (0.31 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide and the petals are joined at the base to form a tube 5 mm (0.20 in) long with reddish hairs on the ends of the lobes. The anthers are round, about 1 mm (0.039 in) long on a short filament and the ovary is 2 mm (0.079 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) in diameter. Flowering occurs in August and September and the fruit is spherical, about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long and 4 mm (0.16 in) long.[2][3]