Australian Shrubs

Kick Bush

Astroloma pallidum
Family: Ericaceae
Conservation: Not threatened
Flowering Period: January to December
Description: A neat, dense, compact shrub but sometimes a diffuse to erect shrub to about 30 cm high. The name Astroloma is derived from the Ancient Greek words astron = a star and loma = a fringe, alluding to five tufts of hairs which form a star at the bottom of the inside of the floral tube