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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
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.
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
Growth Characteristics
Height: 1.4m - 5m
Spread: 1m - 2.5m
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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