Lissanthe strigosa
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| Lissanthe strigosa | |
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| Subspecies subulata in Enfield State Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Lissanthe |
| Species: | L. strigosa |
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| Lissanthe strigosa | |
Lissanthe strigosa, commonly known as peach heath,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and white to pink, cylindrical flowers.
Lissanthe strigosa is a much-branched shrub 10–100 cm (3.9–39.4 in) high, and often forms suckers, its branchlets covered with tiny bristles. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, 6.5–13.9 mm (0.26–0.55 in) long and 0.7–2.0 mm (0.028–0.079 in) wide on a petiole 0.8–1.3 mm (0.031–0.051 in) long with three longitudinal ribs on the lower surface. The flowers are borne in racemes of 5 to 9 with bracteoles 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long at the base. The sepals are 1.1–1.2 mm (0.043–0.047 in) long and the petal are white or pink and joined at the base, forming a more or less glabrous tube 3.5–4 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long with lobes about 1.5–2.4 mm (0.059–0.094 in) long. The style is 2.6–3.1 mm (0.10–0.12 in) long and covered with soft hairs near its base. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a flattened spherical, capsule 2.5–2.9 mm (0.098–0.114 in) long, white and fleshy.[2][3][4]