Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Lissanthe subulata R.Br. |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 540 (1810) |
Native Range | ec. & se. Queensland to se. Australia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets scabrous, leaves dense, narrowly ovate to subulate, 5-15mm, entire, abaxially sulcate, petiolate, flowers erect in cluster of 5-9, corolla urceolate, 2-5mm |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | white, rose |
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 | Lissanthe strigosa ssp. subulata (R.Br.) J.M.Powell |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, QLD Queensland, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |