Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cyathodes straminea R.Br. |
Synonyms | Cyathodes macrantha Hook.f. |
Styphelia straminea (R.Br.) Spreng. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-1300m |
Description | leaves 5-15mm, elliptic, abaxially with grey-green stripes, flowers to 6mm long, solitary, in axils of upper leaves, fruit globular, to 8mm wide, red |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
Australia (Tasmania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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