Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Erica lusitanica
Common name
Spanish Heath
Family
Ericaceae
Where found
Woodland, shrubland, heath, grassy areas, roadsides, disturbed sites, cosatal environs, and along streams. Mainly in the Blue Mountains. Canberra. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced shrub to 3.3 m high. Young stems densely bristly. Leaves in clusters of 3–4, appearing whorled, 0.3–0.7 cm long, about 0.5 mm wide, margins rolled down, lower surface with a longitudinal groove. Flowers initially pink, turning white as they mature, and eventually turning brown as they age, Flowers 3–5 mm long, bell-shaped, with 4 slightly spreading, lobes each 0.5–1 mm long. Flowers in clusters of 2-4, usually profuse and more or less obscuring the upper branches. Flowers mainly winter-spring.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW. General Biosecurity Duty with additional restrictions in the Central Tablelands and South East areas, NSW
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Erica~lusitanica (accessed 14 January, 2021)
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