Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Lambertia formosa

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, South Pacific Heathland Reserve, Ulladulla

Young seed case and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer A McWhirter, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Mountain devil

Family

Proteaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath. Coast and ranges north of Bawley Point.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m high. Leaves with sharp tips, commonly in whorls of 3–6, mostly 3–8 cm long, 2–5 mm wide, margins entire and curved down, lower surface paler. Flowers red, tubular, with 4 lobes. Perianth usually 30–40 mm long, the style projecting 10–15 mm beyond the perianth. Flowers in clusters of 7 or fewer flowers. Seed case 15–25 mm long, with a short beak and two long horns.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lambertia~formosa  (accessed 22 January, 2021)