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Andersonia echinocephala

Andersonia echinocephala
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Andersonia echinocephala is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub with lance-shaped leaves and heads of up to 15 or more, white or cream-soloured flowers.

Where it grows

This species of Andersonia grows in rocky soils on slopes and summits mostly in the Stirling Range and Fitzgerald River National Parks in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

Other Andersonia plants

Andersonia annelsii · Rice Flower · Andersonia auriculata · Andersonia axilliflora · Andersonia barbata · Andersonia bifida · Andersonia brevifolia · Foxtails · Andersonia carinata · Andersonia ferricola · Andersonia geniculata · Andersonia gracilis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Andersonia echinocephala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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