Small to medium sized shrub. The typical form has mauve flowers with a darker red-eye, but there are also forms with white and yellow flowers, without the dark eye. The flowers are 'tulip-shaped'. The foliage is deeply lobed dark-green in colour. The individual lobes of the leaves can be so narrow making the foliage 'needle like'. A.hakeifolia is grown as a garden plant and seems to be unusually cold and drought tolerant.
- Type
- Native
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Zones
- Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind
- Regions
- Habitat plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring
- Colours
- Green, Pink, Purple
- Gardens
- Backyard Garden, Cottage Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Hardy