Family: Ericaceae
Plant: An erect shrub to 1m high.
Flowers: White to cream, fragrant, tubular, 5mm long, broader at the base and with 5 spreading star-shaped lobes. Hairs and anthers visible in throat.
Flowering: June-November.
Fruit: Small ridged green to yellow-brown drupe 2-3mm long and about 4mm diameter.
Leaves: Grey-green variable ovate to elliptic, 4-15mm long and 1.7-3.6mm wide with a pointed tip and longitudinal veins radiating from the base. Their upper surface is glossy but they are dull underneath.
Habitat: On sandy soils in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Fragrant tubular flowers. Grey-green pointed leaves with longitudinal veins.
Name:
Brachyloma From Greek brachys = short and loma = edge or fringe (referring to the hairs or scales at the throat of the floral tube).
daphnoides From it having a Daphne-like fragrance.
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Green, Yellow, 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 |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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