Bauera capitata
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| Bauera capitata | |
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| In Coffs Harbour | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Bauera |
| Species: | B. capitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bauera capitata | |
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Bauera capitata is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae and is endemic to coastal eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with trifoliate, usually lobed leaves and sessile, deep pink flowers with twelve to fifteen stamens.
Bauera capitata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in) and has a few spreading branches. The leaves are trifoliate, 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide and usually have lobed edges. The flowers are arranged in groups at the ends of the branches and are more or less sessile with four sepals 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, four deep pink petals 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, and twelve to fifteen pink stamens. Flowering occurs in September and October.[2][3][4]