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Lissanthe
Lissanthe is a genus of about 10 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Lissanthe are small, erect to spreading shrubs with egg-shaped to oblong leaves. Up to 17 bisexual flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branches, the 5 petals joined at the base to form a cylindrical to urn-shaped tube with triangular lobes.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
peach heath
speciesLissanthe strigosa
Native Cranberry
speciesLissanthe sapida
Lissanthe pluriloculata
speciesLissanthe pluriloculata
Lissanthe rubicunda
speciesLissanthe rubicunda
Lissanthe powelliae
speciesLissanthe powelliae
Lissanthe pleurandroides
speciesLissanthe pleurandroides
Lissanthe synandra
speciesLissanthe synandra
Lissanthe scabra
speciesLissanthe scabra
Lissanthe brevistyla
speciesLissanthe brevistyla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 83532.