Epacris pulchella

NSW Coral Heath

Family:            Ericaceae

Plant:              A slender, erect shrub up to 1m high.

Flowers:         White to pink tubular with 5 spreading lobes and 5 stamens. Flower tubes 3-5mm long in leaf axils along erect stems.

Flowering:      March-June.

Fruit:               A small cream capsule with rust-coloured tip

Leaves:          Ovate to heart shaped, 4-6mm long, 1-4mm wide, stalkless with parallel veins, a sharp tip and finely toothed margins.

Habitat:           Common in rocky areas in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.

Features:       Sharp heart-shaped leaves. White to pink tubular flowers. Flowering in autumn.

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)

pulchella        From Latin = beautiful

Search Criteria

 

Type

Shrub

Flowers

Form

Tubular/Bell-shaped, Single

 

Colour(s)

White, Pink

 

Petal/Sepal No.

5

 

Flowering Month

3, 4, 5, 6

Fruit

Type       

Capsule

 

Colour

Red, Brown

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Crowded

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Oval

 

Length    

Tiny

 

Margins  

Entire. Toothed/Serrated

 

Attachment

Stalked. Unstalked

 

Other Features

Sharp-tip

Bark

-

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland