Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pentachondra ericifolia Hook.f. |
Bibliography | London J. Bot. 6: 271 (1847) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and heaths |
Description | leaves narrowly linear, concave, 3-6mm, with thickened apex, often densely imbricate, flowers 4-5mm, with revolute petals, densely barbate, few at apex of branchlets |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Styphelia ericifolia (Hook.f.) F.Muell. Trochocarpa ericifolia (Hook.f.) F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |