| Trochocarpa clarkei | |
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| In the Alpine National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Trochocarpa |
| Species: | T. clarkei
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochocarpa clarkei | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Decaspora clarkei F.Muell. | |
Trochocarpa clarkei, commonly known as lilac berry,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a dense, often low-lying shrub with oblong leaves and bisexual flowers arrange in dense flowering spikes, usually on old wood, with maroon and green petals joined at the base to from an urn-shaped to bell-shaped tube with dense tufts of hairs in the throat. The fruit is a bluish-purple drupe.
- ^ a b "Trochocarpa clarkei". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Albrecht, David E.; Stajsic, Val. "Trochocarpa clarkei". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 31 May 2024.