Heath Spyridium
Whole Bush
Murray Mallee Region
Heath Spyridium
Flower
 
                 
Heath Spyridium (Spyridium eriocephalum)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Roses (Rosales)
Family: Buckthorn (Rhamnaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Heath Spyridium (Spyridium eriocephalum)
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Synonym: Spyridium eriocephalum var eriocephalum

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
Spyridium is difficult to differentiate from Cryptandra. Generally Spyridium flowers are much hairier than Cryptandra.

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This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)