{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{speciesbox |image = |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = |genus = Tetratheca |species = efoliata |authority = F.Muell., 1876 |synonyms = |synonyms_ref = |range_map = |range_map_caption = }} '''''Tetratheca efoliata''''' is a species of flowering plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia. ==Description== The species grows as a tangled leafless shrub to 10–40 cm in height. The flowers are pink-purple or white, appearing from July to December.<ref name="florabase">{{cite web |url= https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4530 |title= Tetratheca efoliata F.Muell. |author=Grazyna Paczkowska|date=1996 |website= Florabase|publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia |access-date= 19 October 2021}}</ref> ==Distribution and habitat== The range of the species lies within the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee IBRA bioregions of south-west Western Australia. The plants grow on sandplains on yellow sand and lateritic soils.<ref name="florabase"/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q18009931}}
efoliata Category:Eudicots of Western Australia Category:Oxalidales of Australia Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Category:Plants described in 1876
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