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Styphelia ruscifolia

Leucopogon ruscifolius

Styphelia ruscifolia
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub

About

Styphelia ruscifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a shrub with oblong to broadly egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Styphelia ruscifolia usually grows in low vegetation on sand dunes in near-coastal areas, and sometimes in forest in mountain areas on Cape York Peninsula and in Far North Queensland.

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 ruscifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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