Escallonia rosea Griseb.

Evergreen shrub to 3 m tall. Young shoots with downy hair, strongly angled and winged. Leaves to 2.5 cm long and 1 cm wide, narrowly obovate, pointed at the tip but tapering to the base; margin toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters, white, rarely reddish, fragrant; summer.

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Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Grossulariaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     [Saxifraganae]
order      Escalloniales
family       Escalloniaceae
genus        Escallonia Mutis