Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Planocarpa petiolaris (DC.) C.M.Weiller |
Bibliography | Austral. Syst. Bot. 9: 514 (1996) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1100-1300m |
Description | leaves elliptic to ovate, to 7mm long, adaxially dark green, abaxially glaucous, flowers usually 2-3, 4-5mm long, fruit spherical, ca. 5mm wide, red |
Size | 15-30cm |
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 | Cyathodes ascendens Hook.f. Cyathodes petiolaris (DC.) Druce Leucopogon petiolaris DC. Styphelia hookeri F.Muell. Styphelia petiolaris (DC.) Sleumer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |