Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Epacris rigida Sieber ex Spreng. |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves subsessile, ovate or oblong, obtuse, thick, 2-4cm, abaxially carinate, sepals obtuse, corolla tube broad, corolla lobes longer than tube, wide, obtuse |
Size | 25-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
Australia (New South Wales) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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