Epacris calvertiana

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Epacris calvertiana
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Epacris calvertiana growing in the ANBG
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Epacris
Species:
E. calvertiana
Binomial name
Epacris calvertiana
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Flowers and foliage

Epacris calvertiana is a plant of the heath family, Ericaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to diffuse shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with a sharp-pointed tip and with white, pink or red flowers arranged along the ends of leafy branchlets.

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Description

Epacris calvertiana is an erect to diffuse shrub that usually grows to a height of 0.2–1.0 m (0.7–3 ft) and has woolly-hairy branchlets. The leaves are elliptical to egg-shaped 5.6–14.3 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long and about 1.3–3 mm (0.05–0.1 in) wide on a petiole 0.9–1.4 mm (0.035–0.055 in) long with a tapering tip. The flowers are arranged along leafy branches on peduncles 1–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide, the flowers 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) in diameter. The five sepals are 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long and the petals are joined to form a white tube, 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in) long, sometimes pink or red, and with five lobes 3.8–5.5 mm (0.15–0.22 in) long on the end. The five stamens and the single style are enclosed in the petal tube. [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Epacris calvertiana was first formally described in 1873 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in the journal, Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae . [3] [4] The specific epithet (calvertiana) honours Louisa Atkinson, (under her married name of Louisa Calvert) who collected the type specimen. [4]

Two varieties are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

Drumstick heath mainly occurs along the coast and tablelands of New South Wales from Pigeon House Mountain to the Comboyne Plateau and inland as far as Berrima. It grows on cliffs and in rocky places in forest, including rainforest, from sea level to an altitude of 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Powell, Jocelyn M. "Epacris calvertiana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. "Epacris calvertiana". APNI. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 von Mueller, Ferdinand (1873). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 52–53. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. "Epacris calvertiana var. calvertiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  6. "Epacris calvertiana var. versicolor". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 September 2019.