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Astroloma foliosum

Astroloma foliosum
Astroloma foliosum - UC Santa Cruz Arboretum - DSC07490.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Astroloma
Species: A. foliosum
Binomial name
Astroloma foliosum
Sond.

Astroloma foliosum, commonly known as candle cranberry, is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to the Perth region in Western Australia.

The species was formally described in 1845 by German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder based on plant material collected at Maddington.


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