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Styphelia annulata

Styphelia annulata
Photo: Cal Wood, CC BY 4.0

Styphelia annulata is a low, compact Western Australian shrub in the heath family, usually under 40 cm high, grown mainly for its small white tubular flowers. It is a native wildflower of dry, sandy heath and suits well-drained gardens in mild climates.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil with low fertility; avoid rich, heavy or phosphorus-rich mixes.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost in mild areas.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Styphelia annulata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is low, compact shrub with spirally arranged, sharply pointed, narrowly egg-shaped or egg-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

This styphelia is widely distributed in an area between Muchea, Bolgart and Dowerin in the north and from south-west of Mount Barker and Ongerup in the south, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

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 annulata 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.

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