Family: Ericaceae
Plant: A slender, erect shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: Small white to pink tubular flowers with 5 spreading lobes and 5 stamens. Flower tubes 1.5-3mm long. Flowers are dense along upper part of stems.
Flowering: June-November.
Fruit: A small cream or rust-coloured capsule.
Leaves: Erect heart-shaped or rhombic 2-6mm long and 1.5-4mm wide with parallel veins and an acute tip.
Habitat: Common in damp rocky areas in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Small white 5-petalled flowers. Tiny sharp 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)
microphylla From Latin = tiny-leaved
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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) |
White, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
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 |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked. Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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