Styphelia adscendens R.Br.

Golden Heath

Semi-prostrate shrub with reddish stems. Leaves to about 2 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, lanceolate to oblanceolate. Flowers cream to green, pinkish or red; winter to spring. Floral tube to 1.5 cm long. Fruit ovoid, 5-ribbed.

SA, Vic, Tas

Grows naturally in sandy soils mostly in scrub and dry sclerophyll forest.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Epacridaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Ericaceae
genus        Styphelia Sm.