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are bright green and sessile, with reddish tips and a broad sheathing base as long as the blade, approx 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in). The flowers are small, solitary, white, and tubular, sitting directly on top of the foliage. The plant can often be mistaken for the vegetatively similar
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can grow individually, however it often occurs in cushion plant communities, consisting of a complex mix of cushion plant species, commonly 30 species/m (2.8 species/sq ft), forming an extensive undulating mat. These communities can spread up to several hectares in area.
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456:Tasmania's Natural Flora, Second Edition
400:"Dracophyllum minimum (Ericaceae) 2:261"
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474:Key To Tasmanian Vascular Plants
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262:Donatia novae-zelandieae
238:Abrotanella forsteroides
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244:Donatia novae-zelandiae
307:growing in between on
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280:Flowering cushion of
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326:Dracophyllum minimum
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184:Dracophyllum minimum
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948:D. rosmarinifolium
249:Mitrasacme archeri
206:heath cushionplant
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892:D. palustre
801:D. arboreum
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785:Oreothamnus
752:D. strictum
745:D. secundum
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309:Mount Field
286:Mount Field
224:Description
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96:Angiosperms
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1325:Categories
1264:Plant List
1053:D. alpinum
913:D. politum
878:D. oliveri
864:D. minimum
731:D. ramosum
385:2021-03-20
333:References
301:D. minimum
299:Flowering
282:D. minimum
266:D. minimum
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1002:Cystanthe
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218:Tasmania
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