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Styphelia leptospermoides

Leucopogon leptospermoides

Styphelia leptospermoides
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Styphelia leptospermoides is a bushy, erect shrub from the heath family, native to coastal heath and open woodland in eastern Australia (Queensland to northern New South Wales), with small white tubular flowers from September to November. It is a native Australian species rarely grown outside its range, so it suits native and coastal gardens with well-drained, sandy conditions.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or acidic soil.
Temperature
Suited to temperate to warm coastal climates; frost tolerance not documented.
How easy
Moderate

About

Styphelia leptospermoides is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with elliptic to lance-shaped or oblong leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

Styphelia leptospermoides grows in coastal heath and open woodland in Queensland to as far south as Hawks Nest on the north coast of New South Wales.

Other Styphelia plants

Styphelia foliosa · Styphelia humifusa · Styphelia pallida · Astroloma · Coleanthera · Styphelia allittii · Styphelia brevicuspis · Styphelia breviflora · Styphelia conchifolia · Styphelia concinna · Styphelia conferta · Styphelia conostephioides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Styphelia leptospermoides 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.

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