Common Name: Flame Heath
Botanical Name: Astroloma conostephioides
Family: EPACRIDACEAE
Description:
Erect or spreading shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Sharply pointed, 1-2 cm long. Bright red, conical, tubular flowers 0.5-1.5 cm long. Autumn to spring. Rounded drupe. Spring to summer.
Erect or spreading shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Sharply pointed, 1-2 cm long. Bright red, conical, tubular flowers 0.5-1.5 cm long. Autumn to spring. Rounded drupe. Spring to summer.
Natural Distribution:
Common to sandy soils of temperate forests, woodlands and mallee in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in Vic.
Common to sandy soils of temperate forests, woodlands and mallee in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in Vic.
Notes:
Recorded as threatened on Yorke Peninsula and rare in the Northern Lofty region.
Recorded as threatened on Yorke Peninsula and rare in the Northern Lofty region.
