Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Prionotes cerinthoides (Labill.) R.Br. |
Synonyms | Epacris cerinthoides Labill. |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | montane |
Description | branchlets thin, virgate, leaves crowded, elliptic-oblong, shallowly dentate, dark green, flowers to 25mm, tubular to oblong-ovoid, pendent, often crowded |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | crimson |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent 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 (Tasmania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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