#Styphelia

A white flower with 5 pink-tipped petals looking like a star, the insides of which are covered in dense white hairs.

A branch of developing flowers (almost bullet-shaped, they're long and pointed at the tip and are white and pink) and deep green leaves on a hairy brown stem.

#Styphelia ericoides (Ericaceae), aka the pink beard heath! This is a widespread shrub to 2m high that has typical beard-heath flowers: tubular and densly hairy (bearded) on the inside. The flowers are very small (1-1.5mm long), creamy-white with pink tips.

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A small prickly leaved shrub describe many native Ericaceae, certainly so with #Styphelia pallida, commonly called the Kick Bush! It’s commonly found in the southwest where it can be in bloom throughout the year. It’s named for its ghostly pale tubular flowers.

The Pin Heath, #Styphelia tenuiflora is another Ericaceae that’s in flower this time of year! This species gets its name from its thin tubular flower. It’s common to find them covered in flowers!

#Styphelia discolor (Syn. Astroloma ciliatum), a widespread southwest endemic, that forms small cushions of prickly foliage where these red tubular flower erupt from usually facing up.