Botanical name

Stilbe albiflora

Family

Stilbaceae

Common Name

Bottlebrush
Stilbe albiflora
Stilbe albiflora
Stilbe albiflora
Stilbe albiflora

Description

Erect, resprouting shrublet with velvety branches up to 1.2m. Leaves are overlapping, ascending to spreading, point-tipped, in whorls of 4-6; flowers are white in dense rounded spikes at tops of the stems, each flower has a pale, stiff calyx with hairless 5-lobed petal tube with hairs in the throat.

Greek: stilbe = to shine or glisten; referring to the glistening flowerheads.

Habitat

Sandy flats or limestone hills

Flower Date

November to February