Bauera rubioides Andr.

Frost tender, mat-forming to low, spreading, bushy, evergreen shrub with 3-palmate, deep green leaves and solitary, bowl-shaped, pink or white flowers, on long stalks from the upper leaf axils, from spring to summer.  To 3m.  [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus, FNSW].

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘Native of New South Wales, where it was originally found by Sir Joseph Banks. […] It is a handsome shrub, growing to the height of five or six feet, with many branches, and flowering during the greater part of the summer and autumn.’  [LBC no.1313/1829].  ‘A handsome flowering shrub, without scent.  Taste of the leaves bitterish, subastringent, not unlike Chinese Tea. […] Received the above name in honour of the two Bauers, natives of Germany, both very eminent botanical draughtsmen in the employ of this country; the elder brother at the Royal Garden at Kew, the younger now on a voyage of discovery in the South-Sea.’  [BM t.715/1804].  Bauera rubioides was introduced to Britain in 1793 by the Marchioness of Rockingham.  [ABR pl.198/1801].  

History at Camden Park

Listed only in the 1857 catalogue [T.130/1857].  Probably collected locally by Macarthur as it is common in the Sydney region and the Blue Mountains [FNSW].

Notes

Published Feb 26, 2009 - 04:50 PM | Last updated Jul 14, 2010 - 04:50 PM


Shown are the 3-palmate, deep green leaves and solitary, bowl-shaped, pink  flowers.  Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.715, 1804.

Bauera rubioides Andr. | BM t.715/1804 | BHL

More details about Bauera rubioides Andr.
Family Baueraceae
Category
Region of origin

Eastern Australia

Synonyms

 

  • Bauera rubiaefolia Salisb.
Common Name

Dog rose, River rose

Name in the Camden Park Record

Bauera rubioides 

Confidence level high