About Styphelia triflora Andrews
Styphelia triflora Andrews is a spreading to bushy shrub that grows 0.4 to 2 meters (1 to 7 feet) tall, and its branchlets are mostly smooth. Its leaves are mostly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 14 to 33 millimeters (0.6 to 1 inch) long and 3 to 8.5 millimeters (0.1 to 0.3 inch) wide. Leaf edges are usually smooth, and each leaf ends in a sharp point at the tip. The flowers are tube-shaped, and are either pendulous or spreading. Most flowers are pink to red, but some are light yellow-green or cream. The corolla is 13.5 to 29.4 millimeters (0.53 to 1.16 inches) long, forming a tube that is 12 to 14 millimeters (0.5 to 0.6 inches) long. The five straight stamens extend prominently past the end of the petal tube. The sepals are 8.2 to 13.4 millimeters (0.32 to 0.53 inches) long and are smooth. The finely ribbed fruit is 6.5 to 8 millimeters (0.26 to 0.31 inches) long. Flowering mostly occurs between April and October. This widespread species, commonly called pink five-corners, grows in New South Wales, Australia. It inhabits woodlands and open sclerophyll forests, growing in moist sandy soils or loams. Its range includes coastal areas north of Jervis Bay and the upper Blue Mountains.
