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Styphelia laeta, known as five corners, is a slender, erect shrub native to forest and shrubland in New South Wales, grown mainly for its small tubular flowers. It is an Australian native best suited to a sunny or lightly shaded, well-drained spot.
Styphelia laeta, commonly known as five corners, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a slender, erect shrub with broadly elliptic or egg-shaped leaves and pale yellowish-green or red flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.
Five corners grows in forest or shrubland between Gosford, Sydney and the Blue Mountains and disjunctly near Warialda.
Styphelia foliosa · Styphelia humifusa · Styphelia pallida · Astroloma · Coleanthera · Styphelia allittii · Styphelia brevicuspis · Styphelia breviflora · Styphelia conchifolia · Styphelia concinna · Styphelia conferta · Styphelia conostephioides
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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.
