Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Androstoma verticillatum (Hook.f.) Quinn |
Synonyms | Pentachondra verticillata Hook.f. |
Styphelia milliganii F.Muell. | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves 4-6mm long, narrowly linear, margins revolute, coriaceous, in false whorls at apex of new shoots, flowers 5-6mm across in small clusters at apex of branchlets |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent 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 (Tasmania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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