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Styphelia erectifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with often wand-like, erect or ascending, usually softly-hairy branches and a thick, woody trunk. The leaves are linear, tapering to a short point, the edges turned down or rolled under and usually less than 12 mm (0.47 in) long. The flowers are red, and nearly sessile, with bracteoles about 2 mm (0.079 in) long at the base. The sepals are about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long, the petal tube 8.6–11 mm (0.34–0.43 in) long with lobes 4 mm (0.16 in) long and bearded inside.
This species was first formally described by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev who gave it the name Astroloma hirsutum in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.
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 erectifolia 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.
