| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Prionotes cerinthoides (Labill.) R.Br. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 553 (1810) |
| Native Range | Tasmania |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | branchlets thin, virgate, leaves crowded, elliptic-oblong, shallowly dentate, dark green, flowers to 25mm, tubular to oblong-ovoid, pendent, often crowded |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | crimson |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
| Synonyms | Epacris cerinthoides Labill. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |