Family: Ericaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: White to pink, tubular, with 5 broad, finely-corrugated lobes 13mm across. The 1cm diameter flowers are fragrant and borne in dense clusters on the upper parts of stems.
Flowering: Mainly May-September.
Fruit: Capsule 2.5mm diameter and 2mm long.
Leaves: Alternate, ovate 3-12mm long and 2-6mm wide pointed leaves with a sharp tip and parallel veins. The leaves are horizontal or reflexed and dense on erect stems.
Habitat: In sheltered damp locations in dry sclerophyll forest, heathland and coastal dunes.
Features: Fragrant tubular flowers with 5 overlapping petals. Parallel veins on leaves.
Name:
Woollsia After Rev. William Woolls.
pungens From Latin pungens = to prick (referring to its prickly foliage).
Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Sharp tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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