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Sprengelia monticola (DC.) Druce
Family Ericaceae
Subfamily Epacridoideae
Common name: Rock Sprengelia

Sprengelia monticola (DC.) Druce APNI*

Description: Diffuse or procumbent shrub, 20–50 cm high, glabrous.

Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3–8.5 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, mucro to 0.3 mm long, margins entire.

Flowers solitary, white; bracts ovate, 4–5 mm long, subulate, mucronate, glabrous, with broad hyaline margins. Sepals triangular to ovate, c. 7 mm long, subulate, mucronate, glabrous, with broad hyaline margins. Corolla with petals free or cohering for 0.2–0.3 mm at base; lobes erect, 8–9 mm long, acute, glabrous. Anthers 2–2.4 mm long, cohering, glabrous.

Fruit c. 2 mm diam.


Flower
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Herbarium
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Flowering: September–December

Distribution and occurrence: Grows on wet rock faces and ledges or cliff bases on sandstone in the Blue Mtns.
NSW subdivisions: CT
AVH map***

Text by J. M. Powell, except for groups with contributors listed
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


ECOLOGY

Life History
Flowers White, solitary, September--December, peak October.

Fruit/seed Capsule, 2 mm diam.

Dispersal, establishment and growth Diaspore: seed.


Habitat
Habitat Wet rock faces and ledges or cliff bases.

Altitude 500--1000 m                                      Annual rainfall 1200--1400 mm

Typical local abundance Frequent.

Vegetation Cliff ledge vegetation e.g. with Todea barbara, Dracophyllum secundum, Gleichenia rupestris, Sticherus tener.

Substrate Lower-nutrient sandstone, wet rock ledges, crevices, with permanent moisture.

Exposure Sheltered sites.


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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