Common Name: Cranberry Heath
Botanical Name: Astroloma humifusum
Family: EPACRIDACEAE
Description:
Low, mat-forming shrub to 40 cm wide and 30 cm high. Crowded, blue-green leaves to 1.5 cm long, pointed tips Bright red, tubular flowers to 1 cm long. Throughout the year. Small, white, rounded, edible berries. Winter to spring.
Low, mat-forming shrub to 40 cm wide and 30 cm high. Crowded, blue-green leaves to 1.5 cm long, pointed tips Bright red, tubular flowers to 1 cm long. Throughout the year. Small, white, rounded, edible berries. Winter to spring.
Natural Distribution:
Common to coastal, woodland, mallee and grassland areas in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Common to coastal, woodland, mallee and grassland areas in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Notes:
Recorded as uncommon in the Yorke Peninsula region.
Recorded as uncommon in the Yorke Peninsula region.
