Brachyloma depressum
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| Brachyloma depressum | |
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| In Grampians National Park | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Brachyloma |
| Species: | B. depressum |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyloma depressum | |
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Brachyloma depressum, commonly known as spreading brachyloma[2] or spreading heath,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a stiff, prickly shrub with sharply-pointed, lance-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.
Brachyloma depressum is a stiff, prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has many branches covered with downy hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide with a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a short peduncle with lance-shaped bracteoles 2.0–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long at the base. The sepals are lance-shaped, 2.8–3.5 mm (0.11–0.14 in) long and the petals white, joined to form a cylindrical tube 2.6–3.3 mm (0.10–0.13 in) long with spreading, wavy lobes 2.5–4.0 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long and bearded near the base. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a drupe.[2][4][3]