PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Lissanthe strigosa (Sm.) R.Br. subsp. strigosa Family Ericaceae
Subfamily Epacridoideae
Common name: Peach Heath

Lissanthe strigosa subsp. strigosa (Sm.) R.Br. APNI*

Description: Shrub, usually 15–70 cm high; branchlets hispidulous, rarely scabrous.

Leaves dense on branchlets (11–21 cm, mean 17.5) linear-subulate, 3.4–5.8 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide; margins entire; upper surface flat or convex, lower surface usually with a single thick midrib and a groove on either side; tip 0.4–0.7 mm long; petiole 0.8–1.3 mm long.

Flowers erect, 5–9 together, white to pink; bracteoles 0.8–1.0 mm long. Sepals 0.8–1.1 mm long. Corolla tube urceolate, 1.9–3.2 mm long; lobes erect, 0.9–1.2 mm long, ± glabrous. Ovary 5–7-locular; style 2.6–3.1 mm long, pilose towards base.

Fruit depressed-globose, 2.5–2.9 mm long, white, pubescent, ± fleshy.


Illustration
C. Wardrop

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: August–November

Distribution and occurrence: Central Coast of N.S.W.

Fine light yellow-grey or orange-brown clayey soils that are probably subjected to periodic innundation and are poorly drained.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
AVH map***

Text by E.A. Brown
Taxon concept: Powell & Wiecek 1994


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET