Lambertia formosa alias the Mountain Devil, gets is name from the 2 prominent
horns on the 2 valved stalkless woody follicles. The shrub grows to about 2 m
high.
Following image from Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
Mountain Devil (Lambertia formosa) at Pierces Pass, Blue Mountains National Park, NSW.
Erect shrub up to 2 m high, with
hairy branchlets. Leaves: linear to narrow-oblanceolate, 3-7
cm long and 5 mm wide, usually in whorls of 3 dark green, leaves
shiny on top, with lower surface paler and hairy, entire margins,
tip sharply pointed. Flowers: spring, summer; tubular, red,
in terminal clusters of 7, surrounded by reddish-green bracts about
5 cm long. Fruit: up to 2.5 cm long, shortly beaked with 2
prominent horns. Found: widespread on the coast and nearby
ranges, in heath and open forest, NSW.
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