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bearded heath
Epacris barbata
Epacris barbata, commonly known as bearded heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with lance-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers with hairy sepals.
From the article Epacris barbata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Epacris barbata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long and has many robust branches. The leaves are lance-shaped, 7–9.5 mm (0.28–0.37 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide on a petiole less than 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The leaves are sharply pointed and the edges curve downwards. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils near the tips of the branches, white and more or less sessile. The sepals are densely covered with soft hairs and the petals are joined at the base, forming a bell-shaped tube 4–5.5 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long with lobes 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long. The style is 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long and with the stamens, protrudes slightly beyond the petal tube. Flowering occurs in spring.
Range & habitat
Bearded heath is restricted to the Freycinet Peninsula and nearby Schouten Island where it grows in heath and heathy woodland on granite.
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 628015.