Epacris pulchella Cav.

Coral Heath

Erect shrub to over 1 m tall. Branchlets woolly. Leaves ovate, tip long-pointed, thin, base heart-shaped. Flowers white or pink; year-round. Flower tube to 5 mm long, anthers protruding.

Qld, NSW

Grows naturally in heath and dry sclerophyll on cost and tablelands.

Leaf base heart-shaped; flowers profuse.

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.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Ericaceae
genus        Epacris Cav.