Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Lissanthe strigosa (Sm.) R.Br. |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 540 (1810) |
Native Range | e. & se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, ca. 1cm long, hard, acute, adaxially shiny, flowers 3-4, with rose calyx, in raceme, corolla tube 4mm long with short lobes |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Lissanthe intermedia A.Cunn. ex DC. Lissanthe mucronata DC. Lissanthe rigida Benth. Lissanthe ulicina A.Cunn. ex DC. Styphelia strigosa Sm. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, QLD Queensland, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |