Tall Heath
Epacris grandis
Family Ericaceae
About
Epacris grandis, commonly known as grand heath or tall heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Tasmania. It is a robust, erect shrub with smooth stems, lance-shaped leaves and tube-shaped flowers with white petals.
How to spot it
Epacris grandis is a robust, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long, has smooth stems and usually a single stem at the base. The leaves are glabrous, lance-shaped, 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide on a petiole 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils along the branches, each flower on a pedicel about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, with hairy egg-shaped bracts near the base. The sepals are white with pink streaks
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Douglas-Apsley National Park — Tasmania hikes