Styphelia ericoides
Common Name:
Pink Beard-heath
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Lowan Mallee, Wannon, Grampians, Midlands, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plain, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (CDEJKMNPRSTUVWXZ) also SA, NSW, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Common in the northern heathlands
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Flower Description:
White flowers and pink buds
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Habit:
Slender shrub 30-200 cm high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
This beard-heath has leaves that are sharply pointed, oblong and on furry branchlets. The fruit (a drupe) is tiny
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria