Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Astroloma pinifolium (R.Br.) Benth. |
Synonyms | Stenanthera pinifolia R.Br. |
Styphelia pinifolia (R.Br.) Spreng. | |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | leaves crowded, narrowly linear, acicular, sharply acute, flowers tubular, 2cm long, berry 5mm broad, bright green |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | reddish, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
Australia (New South Wales , Tasmania , Victoria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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