PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Epacris glacialis (F.Muell.) M.Gray
Family Ericaceae
Subfamily Epacridoideae
Epacris glacialis (F.Muell.) M.Gray APNI*

Description: Prostrate to decumbent shrub, 5–30 cm high; stems with prominent, shortly cup-shaped leaf scars; branchlets ± glabrous.

Leaves crowded, usually erect, usually rhombic, 2–4 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, apex slightly upturned, base cuneate or truncate, margins often scabrous; lamina thick, ± flat; petiole 0.3–1 mm long.

Flowers in small leafy clusters, c. 7–10 mm diam., white, sessile; bracts broad-acute to obtuse. Sepals 3.5–4.5 mm long, reddish brown. Corolla tube 2.3–4 mm long; lobes 2.5–4 mm long. Anthers half or fully exserted.

Capsule 1.8–2 mm long.


Flower
Photo T.M. Tame

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: December–January

Distribution and occurrence: Grows on the margins of streams and bogs on rocky slopes, south from Kosciusko district.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
AVH map***

Text by J. M. Powell, except for groups with contributors listed
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET