Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Epacris paludosa
Common name
Swamp Heath, Alpine Heath
Family
Ericaceae
Where found
Wet heath, along rocky streams, and in swamps and bogs. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, ACT, and the ranges. Occasionally on the tablelands.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high, or sprawling to prostrate. Leaves with sharp tips. Stems with prominently ridged leaf scars, or with short hairs, becoming hairless. Leaves scattered, 0.5–1.3 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, tips pointed, margins with minute teeth; blades thick, more or less flat. Flowers white, tubular, the tube 4–6 mm long, with 5 spreading lobes each 2–4 mm long. No hairs on the inside of the flowers. Sepals and bracts often reddish brown. Flowers crowded, forming leafy heads or spikes. Flowering: throughout the year, mainly September–January
Family was Epacridaceae.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Epacris~paludosa (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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