Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 4:229 (1869).

Synonymy: Froebelia fasciculiflora Regel, Gartenflora 1:t. 18 (1852); Styphelia fasciculiflora (Regel)F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 8:55 (1873). , Acrotriche ramiflora

Common name: Pink ground-berry.

Description:
Rigid shrub 50-150 cm high; young branches red-brown; older stems grey; leaves lanceolate, 7-12 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, acute, tip 0.3-0.6 (rarely 0.8) mm long, base obtuse, margins ciliate, both surfaces villous; petiole 0.2-0.5 mm long.

Flowers pale-pink; bracts ovate to oblong-ovate, 1.5-2.4 x 0.7-1.2 mm, obtuse; bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, 2-2.3 x 1-1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy; sepals lanceolate, 3.3-5.1 x 1.2-1.8 mm, sparsely hairy; corolla tube 4.4-8.2 mm long, lobes 2.4-2.6 mm long; anthers pale-orange, 1.1-1.3 mm long; ovary 0.8-1.1 x 0.7-0.9 mm, 4- or 5-celled, glabrous; style 2.7-4.2 mm long; nectary 0.3-0.7 mm high.

Fruit depressed-globular, with 4 or 5 lobes, pink, 2-2.9 x 2.5-3.3 mm, splitting under pressure to form 4 or 5 nutlets, glabrous or sparsely hairy towards the apex.

Distribution:  Found in open dry sclerophyll forest. S.Aust.: SL, KI. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.; fruit: Nov. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: The KI specimens have leaves with ciliate margins but are otherwise glabrous.

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