Erect shrub to about 1 m tall. Branchlets hairy. Leaves ovate to more or less round, thick. Flowers along the branchlets, white, sometimes pinkish at first; mostly spring. Flower tube short, to 3 mm long.

Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Grows naturally in heathland and sclerophyll forest on sandy soils.

Both white and pink flowered forms are grown.

Flower tube less than 3 mm long, shorter than sepals; leaf base more or less heart-shaped.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Epacridaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.