This small perennial shrub has upright slender stems that form a bushy habit. It has flattish divided pale green leaves and the white to yellow star-shaped flowers appears above the foliage in a spike during spring and the plant is commonly found in wet heath.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Symphionema montanum is naturally found on the east coast of Australia from New South Wales to the Victorian border growing in the higher Blue Mountains in and around wet or dry heath. 

It prefers a damp to wet sandy loams that are well drained with low fertility in a shaded to semi-shaded protected position and is frost tolerant but drought tender, 

Mountain Symphionema is a flowering shrub that is planted in small to medium size gardens in perennial borders or in rockeries. It is suitable for low mountain native gardens and is grown in pots and tubs as a specimen. It establishes in 1 to 2 years and requires a moist protected position. ID 1213

Symphionema (sim-FO-ee-O-nee-mah) montanum (mon-TAN-um)

Proteaceae (pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
Protea Family