Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Epacris impressa Labill. |
Bibliography | Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 43 (1805) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-850m |
Description | branchlets pubescent or hirsute, leaves elliptic to lanceolate, acuminate, acerose, shortly petiolate, glabrous, margins scabrous, flowers tubular, axillary, pendent |
Size | 30-100cm |
Color | pink, reddish, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Epacris campanulata G.Lodd. ex Drapiez Epacris campanulata var. alba G.Lodd. ex DC. Epacris campanulata var. maxima Paxton Epacris campanulata var. rosea E.Otto Epacris campanulata var. rubra E.Otto Epacris ceriflora R.Graham Epacris impressa var. alborosea A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. brevifolia A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. campanulata (G.Lodd. ex Drapiez) Hook.f. Epacris impressa f. ceriflora (Graham) Voss Epacris impressa var. ceriflora (Graham) Rodway Epacris impressa var. deckeri A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. delicatula A.Dietr. Epacris impressa f. diemenica Gand. Epacris impressa var. dissitiflora A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. eximia A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. glaucescens Maund Epacris impressa var. grandiflora Benth. Epacris impressa var. leucantha A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. longiflora A.Dietr. Epacris impressa f. lucida Gand. Epacris impressa var. macrantha A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. magnifica A.Dietr. Epacris impressa f. milliganii Gand. Epacris impressa f. nivalis Voss. Epacris impressa var. nivea (DC.) Hook.f. Epacris impressa var. ovata Benth. Epacris impressa var. parviflora Lindl. Epacris impressa var. pudica A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. punicea A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. purpurascens A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. recurvata A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. reineckei A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. rhodantha A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. robusta A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. rosea Guilf. Epacris impressa var. rubicunda A.Dietr. Epacris impressa f. ruscifolia (R.Br.) Voss Epacris impressa var. ruscifolia (R.Br.) Rodway Epacris impressa var. semicolorata A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. speciosa A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. splendens A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. subdisticha A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. tenuis A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. variabilis (Paxton) Hook.f. Epacris impressa var. variegata A.Dietr. Epacris impressa var. variifolia A.Dietr. Epacris nivalis G.Lodd. ex Lindl. Epacris nivea DC. Epacris ruscifolia R.Br. Epacris tomentosa Lindl. Epacris variabilis G.Lodd. ex Courtois Epacris vestitia J.Dix |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |