Family: Ericaceae
Plant: An erect or spreading shrub up to 90cm high with wide branches covered with silky hairs.
Flowers: Drooping clusters of red tubular flowers with 5 hairy, recurved lobes and 5 prominent stamens.
Flowering: April-August.
Fruit: A ribbed, globular drupe 5mm diameter.
Leaves: Alternate, oblong or obovate, flat to convex up to 2.5cm long and 2-4mm wide, spreading, with a sharp tip and parallel veins.
Habitat: Heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Spreading sharp flat to convex leaves with parallel veins. Red tubular flowers with hairy lobes and exserted stamens. Branches with silky hairs.
Name:
Styphelia From Greek = dense (referring to its compact habit).
tubiflora From Latin tubus = a tube or pipe and florus = flower (referring to its tubular flowers).
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Ribbed |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Sharp tip, Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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