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Grey Beard Heath

Styphelia attenuata

Grey Beard Heath
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Grey beard-heath is a dense, low shrub of dry, sandy woodlands and heath in eastern Australia, grown mainly for its grey-green foliage and small white winter flowers. It is a species, not a genus, and needs free-draining soil and full sun.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants until established, then rarely; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; poor, acidic soil suits it.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to cool climates; frost tolerant; protect from prolonged heat and humidity.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to E. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Styphelia attenuata, commonly known as grey beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It has grey-green leaves and small white flowers and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Where it grows

Grey beard-heath grows in dry, rocky slopes in woodlands and heath on sandy soils in south-eastern Queensland, on the coast, ranges and western slopes of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, and in eastern Victoria.

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 attenuata 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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