Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Sprengelia incarnata Sm. |
Bibliography | Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1794: 260 (1794) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves imbricate, 7-14mm, ovate, sharply acute, flowers stellate in terminal, pyramidal panicle |
Size | 15-100cm |
Color | pale pink, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Poiretia cucullata Cav. Sprengelia incarnata var. brevistylis Maiden & Camfield |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |