Styphelia nesophila

Botanical Name: Styphelia nesophila
Common Name: prickly beardheath
Family: Ericaceae

Size: Shrub to 20cm H.
Leaves: Elliptical to oblong, 4-8 mm long, tip with narrow extension.
Flowers: Flowers white, tubular with hairy interior, solitary along branches.
Flowering Time: Summer.
Fruit: Fleshy, yellow-orange.

Habitat/distribution: Grasslands at higher altitudes of the Central Plateau and northwest. Also Vic, NSW.
Where to See: Vale of Belvoir, Great Lake.  
Other notes: Not in cultivation.