Tetratheca subaphylla

Straggling or semi-prostrate shrub; stems terete, to c. 80 cm long, often ending in a blunt point, minutely tuberculate, usually glabrous, sometimes with sparse long white hairs. Leaves alternate, usually reduced to scales 1–3 mm long, minutely tuberculate or hairy, not persistent, occasionally broadly oblanceolate, to c. 15 mm long, sessile, flat with recurved margins. Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered; peduncles 2–7 mm long, glabrous. Sepals broad-ovate to orbicular, c. 1 mm long, deciduous; petals obovate, 4–10 mm long, deep lilac-pink; ovary hairy, ovules 2. Fruit obovate to obcordate, 3–5 mm long; seeds more or less obovoid, 2.5–3.5 mm long, hairy, appendage cream. Flowers Aug.–Feb.