Native Cranberry
Flower, White Hairs
Murray Mallee Region
Native Cranberry
Fruits
 
                      
Native Cranberry (Astroloma humifusum)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Heathers & Allies (Ericales)
Family: Heath (Ericaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Native Cranberry (Astroloma humifusum)
This Photo:     🔍Yellow Hairs🔎
Synonym: Styphelia humifusa
Other name: Cranberry Heath

Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie), Geoffrey Cox , (HeyYouInTheBushes) & Antoinette Beckwith for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
Such unusual little red 13mm long tubular flowers; with the petals splaying over at the very tip.
The flower tube falls off as the fruit comes thru from the base.
The hairs protruding from the tip of the flower can be white, cream &/or red.

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Feb-2011
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)