Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Acrothamnus montanus (R.Br.) Quinn |
Bibliography | Austral. Syst. Bot. 18: 452 (2005) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 3-10mm long, crowded, narrowly elliptic to oblong or obovate, flowers dioecious, 3-5mm across, in short, terminal spike |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | Leucopogon montanus (R.Br.) J.H.Willis Lissanthe montana R.Br. Styphelia montana (R.Br.) F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |