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Styphelia Scabrella
''Styphelia'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, 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 coloured sepals. The petals are fused to form a cylindrical tube with their tips rolled back. The inside of the petal tube is hairy and the five stamens and thread-like Style (botany), style extend beyond the end of the tube. The fruit is a drupe with a dry ... [...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] |
