Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 648 (1810).

Synonymy: Styphelia depressa (R. Br.)Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1:655 (1824).

Common name: Native currant, wiry ground-berry.

Description:
Shrub with rigid branches 40-80 cm high, to 60 cm across; young branches red-brown; stems grey; leaves thick, triangular to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-5 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, convex to flat, acute to acuminate with a slender (often broken) tip to 1 mm long, base obtuse to subeordate, margins serrulate, upper surface glabrous to scabrous, lower surface glaucous with white scale-like hairs between the veins; petiole c. 0.5 mm long.

Flowers pale-green, in spikes 15-30 mm long; bracts triangular, 0.9-1.2)< 0.7-1 mm with ciliolate margins; bracteoles 1.1-1.2 x 0.8-0.9 ram; sepals 2-2.6 x 0.9-1.2 mm; corolla tube 2.4-2.9 mm long, lobes 1.1-1.3 mm long; anthers brick-red, 0.6-0.8 mm long; ovary ovoid, 1.2-1.25 x 0.8-0.95 mm, densely puberulent, 2-celled; style c. 0.8 mm long, stigma flat; nectary 0.7-0.8 mm high.

Fruit fleshy, ovoid, dark-purple when ripe, 8-10 x 5-7 (rarely 9) mm, pubescent.

Distribution:  Occurs in sclerophyll forest, malice scrub and heath on limestone and sandy ironstone. S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE.   ?W.Aust.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.; fruit: April, Aug.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: The KI specimens have smaller shorter almost cordate-based leaves.

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