Melichrus adpressus
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| Large nectar-heath | |
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| Melichrus adpressus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Melichrus |
| Species: | M. adpressus |
| Binomial name | |
| Melichrus adpressus | |
Melichrus adpressus, commonly known as large nectar-heath,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is an upright small shrub with whitish-green flowers.
Melichrus adpressus is an upright shrub 30–150 cm (12–59 in) high with upwardly, over-lapping, appressed leaves over most of the branch, occasionally toward the base. The leaves are smooth, 15–32 mm (0.59–1.26 in) long, 2.5–5.6 mm (0.098–0.220 in) wide, ribbed on the lower surface, sometimes reddish coloured at the base, margins translucent near the petiole. The cream or yellowish-green flowers are more or less hidden amongst the leaves, corolla more or less cylindrical, 3.8–4 mm (0.15–0.16 in) long, lobes upright, occasional hairs and 2.6–2.8 mm (0.10–0.11 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is more or less spherical-shaped, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, green, finely ribbed underneath and smooth at the end.[2]