About Bauera rubioides Banks ex Andrews
Bauera rubioides Banks ex Andrews, also known as river rose, is a scrambling, tangled shrub that typically grows up to 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) tall. It has wiry, extensively branched stems. Its leaves are trifoliate, with narrowly elliptic leaflets that are mostly 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) long and 1.5–5.0 mm (0.059–0.197 in) wide, and usually have four to ten teeth along each edge. Flowers are borne on pedicels longer than 5 mm (0.20 in). Each flower has six to eight toothed sepals that measure 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, six to eight petals that are 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long and usually pink, sometimes white, and usually 50 to 60 cream-coloured stamens. Flowering occurs mostly in spring and summer. This species grows in wet, often shaded areas, occurring in south-eastern Queensland, the coast and ranges of New South Wales, southern Victoria, south-eastern South Australia, and is common in Tasmania. In horticulture, Bauera rubioides is easily grown from cuttings, and is hardy when planted in moist, well-drained soil in locations with full sun or light shade.
