Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Styphelia nesophila (DC.) Sleumer |
Bibliography | Blumea 12: 153 (1963) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | branches virgate, hirsute, leaves crowded, alternate, oblong, acute, imbricate, flowers solitary, axillary, tubular, pentamerous, fragrant, fruit cylindrical |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish 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 | Cyathodes fraseri (A.Cunn.) Allan Cyathodes fraseri var. muscosa (G.Simpson) Allan Leucopogon bellingianus Raoul Leucopogon fraseri A.Cunn. Leucopogon fraseri var. muscosus G.Simpson Leucopogon nesophilus DC. Leucopogon stuartii F.Muell. ex Sond. Pentachondra mucronata Hook.f. Styphelia fraseri (A.Cunn.) F.Muell. Styphelia mucronata (Hook.f.) J.H.Wills |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |