Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Epacris barbata Melville |
Bibliography | Kew Bull. 7: 176 (1952) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves elliptic to ovate, 5-10mm long, horizontal, flowers 6mm long and 12mm across, calyx hirsute |
Size | 60-100cm |
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) 51 New Zealand |