Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Melichrus urceolatus R.Br. |
Synonyms | Melichrus medius A.Cunn. |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves crowded, 10-25mm long, blue-green, narrowly lanceolate, sharply acute, corolla campanulate, ca. 1cm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pink, whitish |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
Australia (New South Wales , Queensland , Victoria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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