Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Lissanthe strigosa (Sm.) R.Br. |
Synonyms | Styphelia strigosa Sm. |
Lissanthe mucronata DC. | |
Lissanthe rigida Benth. | |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | coastal-montane |
Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, ca. 1cm long, hard, acute, adaxially shiny, flowers 3-4, with rose calyx, in raceme, corolla tube 4mm long with short lobes |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
Australia (New South Wales , Queensland , South Australia , Tasmania , Victoria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
strigosa subulata (R.Br.) J.M.Powell, Telopea 5(4): 741 (1994)
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