Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Epacris rigida Sieber ex Spreng. |
Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 64 (1827) |
Native Range | New South Wales (Blue Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales) |