Tetratheca glandulosa

About

Tetratheca glandulosa, also known as the glandular pink-bell, is a species of spreading shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae, and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It grows up to 50cm tall and produces small, deep lilac-pink flowers with four petals. The pedicel and sepals are covered in distinctive dark red, gland-tipped hairs.

How to spot it

Glandular pink-bell is a small, spreading shrub which grows 20–50 cm (7.9–19.7 in) tall. It has a woody, tuberous root where stems branch out from close to the base. The stems are often entwined among other surrounding plants such as shrubs, grasses and sedges. The leaves are alternate or opposite or rarely in whorls of three or four. They are linear and 3–20 mm long by 1–2 mm wide with recurved (rolled under) margins and stiff, occasionally gland-tipped hairs which give a "toothed" appearance.

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park — Greater Sydney & the Blue Mountains hikes