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Tasmannia xerophila, commonly known as alpine pepperbush, is a shrub of eucalypt forest, alpine grassland and rocky terrain of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.

Alpine pepperbush
Tasmannia xerophila, robusta subsp., Errinundra National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Canellales
Family:	Winteraceae
Genus:	Tasmannia
Species:	T. xerophila
Binomial name
Tasmannia xerophila (P.Parm.) Max Gray

Leaves are thick, oblanceolate, 1–6 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, glabrous, green on both surfaces. Flowers are white to yellow, 1 cm wide. Black globose berries are 5–10 mm long.[1]

There are two subspecies:

• Tasmannia xerophila ssp. xerophila
• Tasmannia xerophila ssp. robusta

See also

• List of Australian herbs and spices

References

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