About Styphelia tenuiflora Benth.
Styphelia tenuiflora Benth., commonly called common pinheath, is an erect, bushy, rigid, glabrous shrub that typically grows 0.2 to 1 metre (7.9 inches to 3 feet 3.4 inches) tall. Its leaves are egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, around 12 mm (0.47 in) long, short, almost sessile, and end in a sharply pointed tip. The flowers grow in leaf axils, with bracteoles up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long at the base of each flower. Sepals are around 5 mm (0.20 in) long, and petals are creamy white. The petals are joined at the base to form a narrow tube 12 mm (0.47 in) long, with hairy lobes. This species grows on gravelly lateritic soil in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
