Family: Ericaceae
Plant: An erect or straggling shrub up to 1.5m high.
Flowers: Red tubular flowers 2-3cm long with 5 white lobes and five stamens. Flowers hang in rows below stiff wiry stems.
Flowering: April-November.
Fruit: A small cream capsule 3-4mm long.
Leaves: Ovate to heart-shaped, 5-17mm long and 3-6mm wide with a fine sharp tip. The leaves have minutely toothed margins and parallel veins.
Habitat: Usually in rocky areas in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Long red tubular flowers with white tips. Sharp tips on leaves
Name:
Epacris From Latin epi = upon and akros = the top (referring to its habitat originally thought to have been confined to the tops of hills)
longiflora From Latin = long-flowered
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, |
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Single, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red, White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Cream, Rust |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Heart-shaped |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Sharp-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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