Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 15-18" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Ericanae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Ericales
(
)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Epacridaceae
(
)
- R. Brown, 1810
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
(
)
- Tribe:
Cheloneae
(
)
- Genus:
Pentachondra
(
)
- Schmidel, 1763
- Specific epithet:
pumila
- R.Br.
- Botanical name: - Pentachondra pumila
- Specific epithet:
pumila
- R.Br.
- Genus:
Pentachondra
(
- Tribe:
Cheloneae
(
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
(
- Family:
Epacridaceae
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Superorder:
Ericanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: R.Br. Publication
: Prodr. Fl.
Nov. Holland. 549.
An accepted name
in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pentachondra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. dehiscens · P. ericaefolia · P. ericifolia · P. involucrata · P. javanica · P. mucronata · P. pumila · P. rubra · P. verticellata · P. verticillata
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5848115
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:79453-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 79453-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 879945
