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Styphelia recurvisepala

Leucopogon recurvisepalus

Styphelia recurvisepala
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY 4.0

Styphelia recurvisepala is a small erect to spreading shrub from the heath family, native to eastern Australia, growing up to about 1.3 m with white tubular flowers. It is a native bush species of forest and heath, not a common garden plant, so care advice is general for Styphelia-type heath shrubs.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or acidic soil; native heath conditions.
Temperature
Mild to warm climates; frost tolerant only to light frosts, protect below about -2 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Styphelia recurvisepala is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and erect, white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Styphelia recurvisepala grows in forest and heath in sandy soil from south-eastern Queensland to the Grafton area in 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 recurvisepala 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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