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Pavetta
Pavetta australiensis
Pavetta australiensis, commonly known as Butterfly Bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, found in drier rainforest areas in north eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Pavetta australiensis is a small rounded shrub that grows up to 4 meters in height, characterized by its soft, green leaves. The species is notable for its triangular stipules that are prominent on branchlets and persist on stems, and its terminal buds that are shiny in...
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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 370108.