Shrub of the family Proteaceae, endemic to New South Wales, Australia
Lambertia formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Proteales
Family:
Proteaceae
Genus:
Lambertia
Species:
L. formosa
Binomial name
Lambertia formosa
Sm.[1]
Range of L. formosa
Synonyms[1]
Lambertia barbata Gand.
Lambertia proxima Gand.
Brabejum pungens Sol.
Lambertia formosa, commonly known as mountain devil, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae, endemic to New South Wales, Australia. First described in 1798 by English botanist James Edward Smith, it is the type species of the small genus Lambertia. It is generally found in heathland or open forest, growing in sandstone-based soils. It grows as a multistemmed shrub to around 2 m (7 ft) with a woody base known as a lignotuber, from which it regrows after bushfire. It has stiff narrow leaves, and the pink to red flowerheads, made up of seven individual tubular flowers, generally appear in spring and summer. It gains its common name from the horned woody follicles, which were used to make small devil-figures.
The flowers hold profuse amounts of nectar and are pollinated by honeyeaters. Although L. formosa is uncommon in cultivation, it is straightforward to grow in soils with good drainage and a partly shaded to sunny aspect. It is readily propagated by seed. Unlike all other members of the genus Lambertia, L. formosa is greatly resistant to the soil pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi.
^ ab"Lambertia formosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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University Press, Cambridge, Uk. rep. 1994. ISBN 0521366755. p128 "Lambertiaformosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant...
blue flowers, although others investigated include mountain devil (Lambertiaformosa) and grey spider flower (Grevillea buxifolia), as well as the introduced...
Honey flower is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Lambertiaformosa, a shrub from Australia Melianthus comosus (honey flower), a shrub...
the Proteaceae such as Banksia ericifolia, Banksia integrifolia, Lambertiaformosa and Grevillea speciosa, as well as small insects and other invertebrates...
(Banksia ericifolia), old man banksia (B. serrata), mountain devil (Lambertiaformosa), lance-leaved geebung (Persoonia lanceolata) and dwarf apple (Angophora...
Mountain devil may refer to: Lambertiaformosa, a proteaceous shrub of the Sydney and Blue Mountains region in Australia Moloch horridus, a lizard of...
fascicularis. In more forested areas it is an understory shrub alongside Lambertiaformosa, Leptospermum trinervium, Daviesia corymbosa, Banksia serrata and...
serrata, Banksia aemula, Banksia paludosa, Banksia integrifolia and Lambertiaformosa. They bore in the stem of their host plant and tie cut leaves at the...
with such species as saw banksia (Banksia serrata), mountain devil (Lambertiaformosa), grasstree (Xanthorrhoea resinifera), and open sclerophyll forest...
ericifolia), coral heath (Epacris microphylla) and mountain devil (Lambertiaformosa), and tick bush (Kunzea ambigua) and prickly-leaved paperbark (Melaleuca...
Conospermum longifolium, Grevillea buxifolia, Hakea dactyloides, Lambertiaformosa, Pimelea linifolia and Telopea speciosissima and herbaceous plants...
silvertop ash (E. sieberi) or with shrubs such as mountain devil (Lambertiaformosa), broad-leaved drumsticks (Isopogon anemonifolius) and paperbark tea-tree...
blowngrass SA Lambertia echinata subsp. echinata Prickly honeysuckle WA Lambertia echinata subsp. occidentalis Western prickly honeysuckle WA Lambertia fairallii...
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