Androcalva rosea, commonly known as Sandy Hollow commersonia,[1] is a small endangered shrub with pink flowers and prostrate trailing branches.
Androcalva rosea is a small, mostly prostrate shrub 0.1–0.3 m (3.9 in – 11.8 in) high with branches up to 60 cm (24 in) long.
The inflorescence consists of 1-3 pink flowers with five lobed petals on a stalk 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) long that is densely covered with star-shaped hairs.
[7] The species is only known from four areas all within an 8 kilometre radius of Sandy Hollow district of the upper Hunter Valley.
The main threats to the species include land clearance, inappropriate fire regimes, browsing by goats and rabbits and prolonged drought.