Common Name: Prickly Ground-berry
Botanical Name: Acrotriche patula
Family: EPACRIDACEAE
Description:
Low, rigid shrub to 1 m high. Dark green, smooth, shiny leaves, sharply pointed. Insignificant, pale green flowers, often grouped below the leaves. Winter to spring. Red, round, fleshy frutis. Late spring to summer.
Low, rigid shrub to 1 m high. Dark green, smooth, shiny leaves, sharply pointed. Insignificant, pale green flowers, often grouped below the leaves. Winter to spring. Red, round, fleshy frutis. Late spring to summer.
Natural Distribution:
Common to coastal and lower rainfall mallee areas in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA.
Common to coastal and lower rainfall mallee areas in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA.
Notes:
Conservation status recorded as rare in the Murray, Northern Lofty and Southern Lofty regions.
Conservation status recorded as rare in the Murray, Northern Lofty and Southern Lofty regions.
