Monotoca elliptica

Monotoca elliptica, the tree broom heath,[1] is a plant in the family Ericaceae, found in south-eastern Australia.

White flowers with red swollen anthers form in late winter and early spring on racemes.

Red or orange round shaped fruit form in spring and summer, 3 to 4 mm in diameter.

This plant first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1793 published as Styphelia elliptica in A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith.

[3] In 1810, the Scottish botanist Robert Brown published it in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, as Monotoca elliptica.

Tree broom heath grows on the sand dunes behind Avalon Beach [ 6 ]