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Pink mountain heath or comb heath
Archeria comberi

About
Archeria comberi, also known as the pink mountain heath or comb heath, is a small, rare shrub endemic to Tasmania, Australia. As a member of the heath family, Ericaceae, this species is generally classified as a subalpine/alpine species and shares many characteristics with other members of the family. It is an evergreen shrub 0.15m-1m in height, with pink flowers during the summer months, hence its common name pink mountain heath. Archeria comberi is often found growing among other species such as Nothofagus gunnii and Persoonia gunnii.
- Family
- Ericaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Archeria comberi
- Slug
- archeria-comberi
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Archeria
- Species
- comberi
- Wikidata QID
- Q4785982
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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