Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Stenanthera conostephioides Sond. |
Bibliography | Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehman] 1: 296 (1845) |
Native Range | se. Australia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves linear, coriaceous, 1-3cm long, sharply acute, flowers 15-25mm long, pendent, tubular, often very numerous, fruit berry |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | bright scarlet |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Astroloma conostephioides (Sond.) F.Muell. ex Benth. Pentataphrus behrii Schltdl. Styphelia behri (Schltdl.) Sleumer Styphelia sonderi F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, SOA South Australia, VIC Victoria) |