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Hypocalymma ericifolium is a small, erect, heath-like shrub from south-western Western Australia, growing up to about 1 m tall with bright yellow flowers in late winter and spring. It suits sandy, well-drained soil in a sunny spot and is grown mainly by Australian native plant enthusiasts.
Hypocalymma ericifolium is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrublet with linear leaves that are more or less triangular in cross section, and bright yellow flowers arranged in pairs in leaf axils with 30 to 50 stamens.
This species of Hypocalymma is found along the coast in flat, seasonally wet areas in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia, where it grows in sandy soils.
White Myrtle · Hypocalymma asperum · Hypocalymma connatum · Hypocalymma cordifolium · Hypocalymma elongatum · Hypocalymma gardneri · Hypocalymma hirsutum · Barrens Myrtle · Hypocalymma linifolium · Hypocalymma longifolium · Hypocalymma melaleucoides · Hypocalymma minus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypocalymma ericifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
