Plant Details

Scientific Name: Bauera capitata
  • Pronunciation: bower-rah cap-ee-TAR-tah
  • Common Name: dog rose
  • Derivation: Bauera: Honours botanical artists Franz and Ferdinand Bauer capitata: refers to flowers in a Head
  • Type: Shrub
  • Family: BAUERACEAE
  • Size: to 40 cm
  • Flowers: Pink, more or less Sessile
  • Fruit: Capsule
  • Vegetation Type: Wet Heath
  • Species List: Emu Mt., Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, TAFE Girraween Emu Swamp, NNS,

Identification Notes

Leaflets mostly 3-Lobed, in Whorl.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list. Suitable Plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type).

Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.

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