Epacris pilosa
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| Epacris pilosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Epacris |
| Species: | E. pilosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Epacris pilosa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rupicola ciliata I.Telford | |
Epacris pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is low-lying shrub with weeping, shaggy-hairy branchlets, elliptic to more or less egg-shaped leaves and white or cream-coloured tube-shaped flowers.
Epacris pilosa is a low-lying shrub with weeping branches up to 50 cm (20 in) long, the branchlets covered with shaggy hairs. The leaves are elliptic to more or less egg-shaped, 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) long, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide on a petiole 0.81 mm (0.032 in) long and have fine hairs on the edges. The flowers are 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter, each flower on a peduncle 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, with pointed bracts near the base. The sepals are 3.3–5.0 mm (0.13–0.20 in) long, the petals white or cream-coloured and joined at the base, forming a tube about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long with lobes 4.9–5.8 mm (0.19–0.23 in) long. The style is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and the anthers are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to December and the fruit is a capsule about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long.[2][3]