Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Stenanthera pinifolia R.Br. |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 538 (1810) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | leaves crowded, narrowly linear, acicular, sharply acute, flowers tubular, 2cm long, berry 5mm broad, bright green |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | reddish, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Astroloma pinifolium (R.Br.) Benth. Styphelia pinifolia (R.Br.) Spreng. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |