Cronin’s Tetratheca (Tetratheca fasciculata)
Cronin’s Tetratheca was a small shrub about 20 cm tall with hairy shoots and pink flowers from the area around the town of Wagin in Western Australia.
The species was last seen in 1895 and is now considered extinct.
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The photo below shows a congeneric species, the Crowd-leaved Tetratheca (Tetratheca confertifolia Steetz), which is probably more widespread throughout Western Australia.
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Photo: Melissa Doherty
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/melissadoherty
(public domain)
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edited: 15.08.2011