Leptecophylla juniperina
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Leptecophylla juniperina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Epacris juniperina J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Cyathodes acerosa (Gaertn.) R.Br.
- Cyathodes juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce
Editorial Note
Bean discussed this species under the name Cyathodes juniperina.
An evergreen shrub of variable habit, sometimes found 15 ft or more high in the wild but more commonly low and spreading, 3 to 6 ft high; bark black. Leaves stiff and leathery, narrow-linear or linear-lanceolate, up to 3⁄4 in. long and 1⁄12 in. wide, terminated by a sharp, rigid point, margins recurved, undersides glaucous. Flowers inconspicuous, borne singly in the leaf-axils. Fruit globose, about 1⁄4 in. wide, usually some shade of pink or red, sometimes white.
Native of Australia (including Tasmania) and of New Zealand, better known in cultivation as Cyathodes acerosa, under which name it was once grown in greenhouses as a fruiting shrub. It is tender, but survives outside in the milder parts.
