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Dracophyllum verticillatum

Dracophyllum verticillatum
Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dracophyllum verticillatum is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to New Caledonia. It was first described by Jacques Labillardière in 1800 and gets the specific epithet verticillatum for its flowers growing on verticillasters. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits exposed plains and gentle mountain slopes and reaches a height of 0.2–7 m (0.7–23.0 ft) tall.

Other Dracophyllum plants

Dracophyllum acerosum · Tarahinau · Dracophyllum cockayneanum · Dracophyllum densum · Grass Tree · Dracophyllum filifolium · Fiordland grass tree · Fitzgerald Tree · Dracophyllum kirkii · Needle Leaved Neinei · Gumland Grass Tree · Inaka

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dracophyllum verticillatum 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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