Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Epacris myrtifolia Labill. |
Bibliography | Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 41 (1805) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves 5-9mm long, elliptic to ovate, sometimes orbiculate, obtuse, thick, flowers ca. 5mm long and 10mm across |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |