Lambertia ericifolia
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Lambertia ericifolia Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.
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PLANT FACTS
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Common Name
Heath-Leaf Honeysuckle
Description
Heath-leaved Honeysuckle is a spreading shrub or tree. It produces orange to red tubular flowers from spring to autumn. The leaves are narrow and linear , about 8mm to 20mm long and 1.5mm wide. Fruit is ovoid and about 1cm long with a beak at the end. Plants often have an open habit, but can be kept bushier in the garden by pruning.
Height
1.4m - 5m
Spread
1m - 2.5m
Habitat
grows on sandy clay, sand, gravelly loam or laterite on foothills, slopes and range ridges
Distribution
endemic to the south-west of Western Australia
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Proteales | | Family: | Proteaceae | | Genus: | Lambertia | | Species: | ericifolia | | Common Name: | Heath-Leaf Honeysuckle |
Relatives in same Genus
Lambertia multiflora
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