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Styphelia Echinulata
''Styphelia'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ..., native from Mainland Southeast Asia, Indo-China through the Pacific to Australia. Most have minute or small leaves with a sharp tip, single, tube-shaped flowers arranged in leaf wikt:axil, axils and with the ends of the petals rolled back with hairs in the inside of the tube. Description Plants in the genus ''Styphelia'' are usually erect or spreading shrubs that have egg-shaped, elliptical or oblong, more or less Sessility (botany), sessile leaves with many fine, almost parallel veins and a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils with small bracts grading to larger Bract#Bracteole, bracteoles at the base and five, usually col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styphelia Tubiflora
''Styphelia tubiflora'', commonly known as red five-corners, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and usually red, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Styphelia tubiflora'' is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has branchlets with soft hairs. Its leaves are oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and long on a petiole long. The tip of the leaf narrows and the upper surface is often rough to the touch. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and are nearly sessile or on a very short peduncle, usually red, sometimes cream-coloured or pale yellowish-green. There are bracteoles long at the base of the flowers and the sepals are long. The petals are joined at the base, forming a tube long with narrow lobes long. Flowering occurs from April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
