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Epacris heteronema
About
Epacris heteronema is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with many branches, that typically grows to a height of 0.6–6 m. Its leaves are egg-shaped with an often heart-shaped base and a sharply-pointed tip. The flowers are arranged singly in a few leaf axils near the ends of the branches and are white and tube-shaped, with lobes about the same length as the petal tube.
- Family
- Ericaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Epacris heteronema
- Slug
- epacris-heteronema
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Epacris
- Species
- heteronema
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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