Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Sprengelia sprengelioides (R.Br.) Druce |
Bibliography | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 648 (1917) |
Native Range | e. Australia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves small, triangular, imbricate, amplexicaule, sharply acute, flowers crateriform, 1-2cm across, with overlapping ovate petals, in leafy, terminal head |
Size | 30-100cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Ponceletia sprengelioides R.Br. Sprengelia ponceletia F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, QLD Queensland) |