Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Richea scoparia Hook.f. |
Bibliography | London J. Bot. 6: 273 (1847) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate, with broad, openly vaginate base, straight and spreading, with scabrous margins and acute apex, flowers in spicate panicle, 4-12cm long |
Size | 40-300cm |
Color | orange, pink, red |
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 | Cystanthe scoparia (Hook.f.) Kuntze Dracophyllum persistentifolium S.Venter Richea angustifolia B.L.Burtt |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |