Citation: L., Mant. Alt. 233 (1771).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Berryflower heath.

Description:
Erect shrubs usually under 1.5 m high; young shoots almost concealed by leaves, glabrous; leaves linear, erect-incurved, glabrous except for a few marginal papillae, entire or obscurely serrulate, 4-7 mm long; margins not recurred.

Flowers in terminal 4-flowered clusters; pedicels glabrous, with three 4-5 mm long bracteoles attached below the middle; sepals c. 5 mm long, ovate, conspicuous, largely enclosing the corolla, pink, glabrous, not saccate; corolla broadly urceolate, with spreading lobes, pink, c. 5 mm long; anthers included, with crests nearly 1 mm long; ovary glabrous; stigma scarcely capitate.

Published illustration: Rice & Compton (1950) Wild flowers of the Cape of Good Hope, pl. 91.

Distribution:  There have been several records since 1975. S.Aust.: SL, SE.   Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Nov. (2 records).

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available