Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 429 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrubs with spreading or decumbent branches to 50 cm high (without inflorescence); leaves oblanceolate to obovate, rarely almost orbicular, 3-10 cm long, 1-5 cm broad, fleshy, dorsiventrally flattened, green or often covered with a thick bloom, with or without a red margin.

Inflorescence 20-50 cm long, with flowers borne well above the leaves; flowers tubular, pendulous; calyx lobes usually broadly triangular, 2-5 mm long, acute, glabrous; corolla brick-red to orange, rarely yellow, tube cylindrical or almost so, 8-30 mm long, sometimes bulging at about the middle; lobes oblong-lanceolate rarely ovate, recoiled or recurved, stamens with the lower part of the filaments fused to the corolla tube; nectary scale transversely oblong, curved and fused at both sides to the base of the carpel to form a cup in which the nectar collects.

Carpels slender, gradually tapering into a long style with a small terminal stigma.

Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Of 5 varieties distinguished by Toelken (1979), Bothalia 12:615-620, only 2 have been recorded here. It must be noted that not all specimens can be clearly identified as one of these varieties, as they are known to hybridise in the field.

Author: Not yet available