page_title: Richea sprengelioides
section_title: Habitat and distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Richea sprengelioides / Habitat and distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the distribution of Richea sprengelioides from the Atlas of Living Australia
context_page_description: Richea sprengelioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is one of the 11 species within the genus Richea that are endemic to Australia, of which 9 are found only in Tasmania.
  The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. He gave it the name Cystanthe sprengelioides. In 1867 Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller transferred the species to the genus Richea.
  It is found throughout the mountainous regions of Tasmania.
context_section_description: Richea sprengelioides is found throughout the mountainous regions of west, south-west, north-east and the central plateau of Tasmania. It is most common in alpine areas where is most often encountered growing as a small bush within the dominant shrub layer, this, however, does vary with exposure and it can be found growing in a much reduced form within alpine herbfields. At lower altitudes it is sometimes seen growing in exposed rocky sites and less often within well drained woodland. The flowers are sought out and eaten by a number of mammal species.
caption: Distribution of Richea sprengelioides from the Atlas of Living Australia
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