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Cheeseberry
Cyathodes glauca
Cyathodes glauca, the purple cheeseberry, is a woody shrub or small tree common in Tasmania, Australia. It belongs to the heath family, Ericaceae. 'Heath' refers to open, shrub-like communities, which survive on well-drained and poor quality soils.
The genus name Cyathodes is in reference to the flower, describing it as 'cup-shaped'. The specific epithet glauca is 'glaucous', which means bluish-grey or green, referring to the distinguishable, lighter colour on the underside of the leaves.
From the article Cyathodes glauca on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The leaves of Cyathodes glauca are dark green, linear and pointed, 2–4 cm long. They have parallel venation and form false whorls, particularly towards the end of the stem. Undersides are distinctively glaucous. Flowers are numerous, mostly terminal, and solitary in axils of final whorl. They are slightly scented, small (1 cm), white and tubular with recurved lobes and protruding anthers. Flowering occurs in spring and early summer. The fruit is a distinctively pink-purple drupe, 1 cm in diameter. Its shape is that of a partially flattened tennis ball.
Range & habitat
Cyathodes glauca is a widespread and locally common understorey plant in open forest below 1100m (subalpine). It is found almost only in Tasmania, Australia. It inhabits mostly subalpine, sclerophyll woodland or wet sclerophyll forest.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Common dominant species that Cyathodes glauca occurs with are Leptospermum scoparium, Pultenaea daphnoides, Monotoca glauca and Acacia species. Cyathodes glauca prefers moist, well-drained and poor quality soil. As a result, it is often found on rocky slopes and boulder fields where clay soils overlay dolerite. Slopes are typically of a southeast aspect with gentle to moderate gradient and good drainage.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 323183.