Native Cranberry: Flower, Red Hairs

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Heathers & Allies (Ericales)

Family:

Heath (Ericaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Native Cranberry (Astroloma humifusum)

This Photo:

🔍Flower, Red Hairs🔎

Synonym:

Styphelia humifusa

Other name:

Cranberry Heath

Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie), Geoffrey Cox , (HeyYouInTheBushes) & Antoinette Beckwith for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
Such unusual little red 13mm long tubular flowers; with the petals splaying over at the very tip.
The flower tube falls off as the fruit comes thru from the base.
The hairs protruding from the tip of the flower can be white, cream &/or red.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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