Английская Википедия:Acrothamnus hookeri

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Acrothamnus hookeri, commonly known as the mountain beardheath,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and grows in subalpine regions of southeastern Australia. It is a small upright shrub with oblong-shaped leaves and white flowers.

Description

Acrothamnus hookeri is an upright, occasionally bushy shrub about Шаблон:Cvt high with branchlets that are rough. The leaves are oblong-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, edges mostly smooth but finely toothed toward the apex, upper surface flat to curved outward, lower surface sometimes with a whitish covering and 3 middle more or less parallel veins, and a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The white flowers are borne in groups of 1–10 in spikes up to Шаблон:Cvt long, more or less crowded, at the end of branches or upper leaf nodes, bracteoles broadly oval-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and the sepals Шаблон:Cvt long. The male corolla tube is Шаблон:Cvt long, female tubes Шаблон:Cvt long, lobes about Шаблон:Cvt long and bearded on the inside. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is a fleshy, pink drupe, red when ripe, smooth and Шаблон:Cvt long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Acrothamnus hookeri was first formally described in 2005 by Christopher John Quinn and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[4]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain beardheath grows in montane forest, in heath on wet rocky soils and woodland in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.[1][2]

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