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Styphelia longifolia R.Br.
Family Ericaceae
Subfamily Epacridoideae
Common name: Long-leaf Styphelia

Styphelia longifolia R.Br. APNI*

Description: Erect shrub, usually 0.6–2 m high; branchlets silky.

Leaves ± lanceolate, 24–48 mm long, 2.2–5.5 mm wide, subulate and very concave; margins entire; upper surface concave to flat; petiole 0–1.5 mm long.

Flowers erect to spreading, pale green or yellow; bracteoles 4.5–6.5 mm long, glabrous. Sepals 12–18 mm long, glabrous. Corolla tube 20–25 mm long; lobes 15–15.7 mm long. Filaments 8–12.4 mm long; anthers 3.4–5.2 mm long.

Fruit 7–8 mm long, ridged.


Flower
Photo D. Hardin

Herbarium
Sheet

Type
Specimen

Flowering: March–September, but mainly May-July.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on sandy or gravelly soils on sandstone, in the Sydney area from Waterfall to Broken Bay.
NSW subdivisions: CC
AVH map***

Text by J. M. Powell, except for groups with contributors listed
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


ECOLOGY

Life History
Vegetative spread No.

Primary juvenile period Less than 4 years (at Bantry Bay after high intensity fire 12/1991, L.McD.)

Flowers Pale green--yellow, March--September, peak June.

Fruit/seed Succulent fruit (drupe), 7--8 mm long, mature ? October.

Dispersal, establishment and growth Present in area unburnt for 20 years, possible coloniser (Bradley, 1972). Usually only single plant seen (L.McD.)

Fire response Killed by high-intensity fire (at Bantry Bay 12/1991, Katandra 1/1994 L.McD.).


Habitat
Habitat Ridges.

Altitude 0--100 m                                      Annual rainfall 1200--1400 mm

Typical local abundance Occasional.

Vegetation Eucalypt open-forest e.g. with Angophora costata, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Corymbia gummifera, Allocasuarina torulosa.

Substrate Sandy or gravelly soils on sandstone, sandstone--shale transition, low nutrients.


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***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.
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