{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{speciesbox |image = |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = |genus = Tetratheca |species = setigera |authority = Endl., 1837 |synonyms = * ''Tetratheca elliptica'' <small>Joy Thomps.</small> * ''Tetratheca elongata'' <small>(Steetz) Schuch.</small> * ''Tetratheca setigera'' var. ''elongata'' <small>Steetz</small> |synonyms_ref = |range_map = |range_map_caption = }} '''''Tetratheca setigera''''' is a species of plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia. ==Description== The species grows as an erect or diffuse shrub to 20–80 cm in height. The pink-purple flowers appear from August to December.<ref name="florabase">{{cite web |url= https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4544 |title= Tetratheca setigera Endl. |author=Grazyna Paczkowska|date=1996 |website= Florabase|publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia |access-date= 15 October 2021}}</ref> ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs within the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren IBRA bioregions of south-west Western Australia. The plants grow on slopes, flats and swampy areas with sandy and gravelly soils.<ref name="florabase"/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q18009898|from2= Q100501660|from3= Q66123317|from4= Q18009930|from5= Q65950424}}
setigera Category:Eudicots of Western Australia Category:Oxalidales of Australia Category:Taxa named by Stephan Endlicher Category:Plants described in 1837
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