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Melichrus urceolatus
Urn heath is an erect, stiffly branched Australian shrub in the heath family, typically 0.2 to 1.5 m tall, grown for its small cream urn-shaped flowers. It is adapted to dry, open native woodland, so good drainage and full sun suit it best.
Melichrus urceolatus, commonly known as urn heath, honey gorse or cream urn-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly lance-shaped leaves with deep grooves on the lower surface, white, cream-coloured or yellowish-green flowers, sometimes with a red or rose-pink tinge, and spherical greenish-white or purplish-brown fruit.
This species of Melichrus is found in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, where it grows in forest, woodland and mallee scrub. In Queensland it is found along the coast and inland to north of Cairns, it is widespread in the eastern half of New South Wales, and in Victoria it occurs mainly north of the Great Dividing Range.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melichrus urceolatus 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.
