Honey-pots

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Acrotriche serrulata

Low-growing shrub to 30 cm, with narrow, slightly toothed leaves and translucent, nectar-filled greenish tubular flowers on older wood. Berries greyish-white or greenish.

Details
Flora Type
Shrubs
Other Common Names
AntÕs Delight
Distinctive Features

Strong honey fragrance.
Biology

Widespread but prefers woodlands and grasslands on well-drained soils.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

May-Oct
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Acrotriche
Species
serrulata

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Aboriginal food (berries and nectar) -the edible berries are like little tiny apples.The flowers appear in winter and contain beads of delicious nectar which gives them their common name of Honey-pots. Nectar attracts ants.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native