Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Erica lusitanica
Spanish Heath
Ericaceae
Woodland, shrubland, heath, grassy areas, roadsides, disturbed sites, cosatal environs, and along streams. Mainly in the Blue Mountains. Canberra. Occasionally elsewhere.
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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