Long-flowered Cryptandra

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©Adrian Skackley

Cryptandra campanulata


Tall dense shrub to 3 m, somewhat spiny branches, with very fine green leaves in clusters along the branch. Flowers are tubular white bells with the petals at the opening bending inwards to almost form a cap.


Details
Flora Type
Shrubs
Distinctive Features

Hairy bell-shaped flowers.

Biology

Perennial. Threatened in South Australia.

Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Cryptandra
Species
campanulata

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native