Lambertia spLambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle) Lambertia formosa (Mountain Devil)

Known as Prickly Honeysuckle (Lambertia echinata), this flowering shrub is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It is a much-branched prickly shrub, that grows to 3 m in height. It has flowers that are orange-yellow to yellow.

Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Proteanae
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Genus: Lambertia
  • Species: Lambertia echinata

Footnote & References

  1. Lambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle), Great Southern Region WA. Photographs © Terry Dunham
  2. Lambertia echinata R.Br., Prickly Honeysuckle, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2901457
  3. Prickly Honeysuckle (Lambertia echinata), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1032812-Lambertia-echinata
  4. Lambertia echinata R.Br., Prickly Honeysuckle, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/2244

Lambertia spLambertia echinata (Prickly Honeysuckle) Lambertia formosa (Mountain Devil)

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