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Narrow Leaf Melichrus

Melichrus gibberagee

Narrow Leaf Melichrus
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Melichrus gibberagee, commonly known as narrow-leaf melichrus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with compact, narrow, more or less erect, sharply-pointed leaves, white or yellowish flowers and more or less spherical, red drupes.

Where it grows

This species of Melichrus grows in tall open forest on gentle slopes in the Gibberagee area, about 50 km (31 mi) south of Casino.

Other Melichrus plants

Prickly Heath · Melichrus erubescens · Hairy Melichrus · Jam Tarts · Urn Heath · Melichrus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melichrus gibberagee 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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