Commemorating K.P.J. Sprengel (1766–1833), German botanist and physician.

Erect shrubs. Branchlets hairless. Leaves stem-clasping at the base, shed from older parts of stems. Flowers terminal or axillary, often solitary towards the tips of the branches. Floral tube short or with the lobes, spreading, more or less free. Stamen filaments flattened, attached at the base of the ovary. Ovary 5-chambered with several ovules in each cell.

Cuttings but difficult.

Sheathing leaf bases; floral tube short; stamens attached at base of ovary.

4 species endemic to Australia, all states except Western Australia and Northern Territory.

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.