Flora of New Zealand Series

Styphelia parviflora Andr. Bot. Rep. 1803, t. 287.

Leucopogon richei R. Br. Prodr. 1810, 541.

L. parviflorus Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1833, t. 1560.

Styphelia richei Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1, 1804, 44, t. 60.

Erect shrub up to ± 2 m. tall; branches us. lightly pubescent. Lvs close-set, coriac., green above and below or subglaucous below, becoming patent or reflexed, subsessile or on petiole c. 1 mm. long narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic on same plant, 10-20-(25) × ± 3 mm.; margins recurved, apex us. mucronulate; nerves fine, 3-5-(8). Infl. a short densely fld spike; bracts hardly 1/2 length of calyx. Fls c.3 mm. long; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; corolla-tube < calyx, lobes linear-oblong, densely hairy on upper surface. Fr. black when dry, broad-ovoid to suborbicular, 3-4 mm. long; locules 3-5.

DIST.: N. Cliffs near North Cape. Ch. Coastal to lowland rocky and sandy places. Also in Australia and Tasmania.