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Tetratheca rupicola (Tetratheca rupicola)

Description

Tetratheca rupicola A compact, or diffuse shrub usually 20�40 cm high; stems terete, or 4-angled, with sparse to numerous, hairs.Leaves usually in whorls of 4�6, rarely alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3 near the base of branches, linear, 5�15 mm long and 1�1.5 mm wide, tending to recurve and taper towards apex, margins revolute; sessile.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Oxalidales

            • Family: Elaeocarpaceae

              • Genus: Tetratheca