| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 549 (1810) |
| Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves small, crowded, narrowly oblong, acute, concave, bright shiny green, flowers solitary at apex of branchlets, subsessile, cylindrical, fruit large, bright red |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Decaspora pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst) F.Muell. Epacris pumila J.R.Forst & G.Forst Epacris vaccinioides Lhotzky ex Sond. Leucopogon vaccinioides Sond. Pentachondra rubra Colenso Pentachondra vaccinioides Sond. Pernettya polyphylla Colenso Styphelia pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Spreng. Trochocarpa pumila (J.R.Forst & G.Forst.) F.Muell. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |