Cunoniaceae
Leaves with 3 leaflets Cunoniaceae
Petals at least as long as the sepals, entire. Small shrubs or trees
Leaves compound
Flowers on slender pedicels which are mostly longer than the leaves
Flowers 12–18 mm diam.; petals mostly pink. Leaflets oblong to lanceolate, 4–12 mm long, often serrate. Petals and sepals with many hairs. Sepals 3–4 mm long. Scrambling shrub up to 2 m high. Widespread. Usually in wet places on Ss. Common. Fl. spring–summer Bauera rubioides
Flowers 5 mm diam.; petals mostly white. Petals and sepals glabrous or with a few hairs. Sepals 2–3 mm long. Smaller in all its parts than B. rubioides. Wet heath. Sandy soils. Fl. spring–summer Bauera microphylla