Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cyathodes straminea R.Br. |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 539 (1810) |
Native Range | c. & se. Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-1300m |
Description | leaves 5-15mm, elliptic, abaxially with grey-green stripes, flowers to 6mm long, solitary, in axils of upper leaves, fruit globular, to 8mm wide, red |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Cyathodes macrantha Hook.f. Cyathodes straminea var. macrantha (Hook.f.) Rodway Styphelia straminea (R.Br.) Spreng. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |