Epacris crassifolia subsp. macroflora Crowden & Menadue
| Family Ericaceae
Subfamily Epacridoideae |
Epacris crassifolia subsp. macroflora Crowden & Menadue APNI* Description: A low, procumbent to semi-erect shrub to 30 cm; young branches red-brown, smooth, pubescent; old stems dark brown, scaley, lower branches bare with raised leaf scars.
Leaves flat, spreading, obovate to oblanceolate, rarely elliptical, 4.5–13 mm long, 2–6.5 mm wide, glabrous to densely hirsute; apex obtuse; base cuneate to obtuse; margin entire, thickened often ciliate; venation reticulate with 1–3 prominent veins; petiole 0.6–2.0 mm, semi-appressed, pubescent.
Flowers white, 6–10 mm diam., usually few and scattered, sometimes in clusters near ends of branches; pedicel 4–7 mm; bracts ovate, glabrous to hirsute, margin ciliate, apex acute; sepals elliptic, 4–6.5 mm long, glabrous to hirsute, apex rounded; corolla tube 10–25 mm long, 4–6 mm wide at throat, cylindrical with central bulge, lobes 1–2 mm long, apex rounded; corolla caducous. Anthers brown, 2 mm long, sub-sessile, inserted just below junction of lobes. Ovary 1.5–2 mm diam., glabrous; style 12–28 mm long, cylindrical; stigma rounded, projecting beyond tube, nectary scales truncate approx. ΒΌ height of ovary.
Capsule 2–3 mm diam.
Flowering: Nov–Jan
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: CT
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