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Styphelia stomarrhena

Styphelia stomarrhena
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Styphelia stomarrhena, the red swamp cranberry, is a low, spreading shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing to about 30 cm high. It is grown mainly as a native garden plant in mild, well-drained conditions.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist, especially in the growing season, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or acidic soil, similar to its native sand and laterite.
Temperature
Mild climates; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Styphelia stomarrhena (common name - red swamp cranberry) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading or compact shrub with narrowly elliptic, sharply-pointed leaves and red, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Red swamp cranberry is found in the IBRA regions of southern Geraldton Sandplains and northern Swan Coastal Plain bioregions, with some occurrences in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions, on deep sandy soils or sand on laterite, in Banksia woodland or heathland communities.

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 stomarrhena 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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