Family: Ericaceae
Plant: A shrub to up 1m high.
Flowers: Cream to white, 5-6mm diameter tubular flowers with 5 spreading petals and 5 stamens. Flower tube 3-4.5mm long. Flowers are axillary and dense along the stem.
Flowering: August-October.
Fruit: A small reddish-brown capsule
Leaves: Ovate to diamond-shaped 4-12mm long, concave, leathery, veins parallel, glossy above.
Habitat: Exposed sandstone cliffs and rock crevices.
Features: Small cream to white star-shaped flowers.
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)
coriacea From Latin = leathery (referring to its leaves)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Red, Brown |
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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 |
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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 |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest |
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