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Epacris exserta
Epacris exserta , commonly known as South Esk heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with narrowly lance-shaped to elliptic leaves and tube-shaped, white flowers clustered near the ends of the branches.
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Description
Epacris exserta is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and has many glabrous stems. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped to elliptic, 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) long and 1.1–1.3 mm (0.043–0.051 in) wide with a small, short point on the tip. The flowers are arranged in clusters in leaf axils near the ends of branches on a peduncle covered with bracts. The petals form a cylindrical tube with the stamens and style protruding above the petal lobes.
Range & habitat
This epacris grows on the banks of the South Esk, North Esk and Supply Rivers in northern Tasmania.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 918336.