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Sprengelia

Sprengelia sprengelioides

Sprengelia
Photo: Stitchingbushwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Sprengelia sprengelioides is a species of flowering plant of the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to near-coastal areas of eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Sprengelia sprengelioides grows swampy heath, sometimes with Banksia robur or species of Xyris. It occurs in near-coastal areas of south-eastern Queensland, and south to the Sydney region of New South Wales.

Other Sprengelia plants

Sprengelia distichophylla · Pink Swamp Heath · Sprengelia minima · Sprengelia montana · Rock Sprengelia · Sprengelia propinqua · Sprengelia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sprengelia sprengelioides 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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