Sprengelia montana
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| Sprengelia montana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Sprengelia |
| Species: | S. montana |
| Binomial name | |
| Sprengelia montana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Sprengelia montana is a species of flowering plant of the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a small, erect shrub with overlapping, stem-clasping, egg-shaped leaves, and pink flowers, sometimes in groups of up to 10 on the ends of branches.
Sprengelia montana is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in), often in or around alpine cushion plants. The leaves overlap each other, have a stem-clasping base, and are thick, egg-shaped, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide. The flowers are arranged singly, in pairs or groups of up to 10 in crowded heads on the ends of branches, with egg-shaped bracts at the base. The sepals are narrowly lance-shaped, 4.5–5.1 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long and the petals are pink, joined at the base to form a tube 0.9–1.2 mm (0.035–0.047 in) long with lance-shaped lobes 3.5–4.4 mm (0.14–0.17 in) long. Flowering occurs from November to January. This species is similar to Sprengelia incarnata, but has spreading anthers, unlike those of S. incarnata.[2][3]