Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 844

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-COMMON_NAMES-Rigid Epacris, Australian Heath,
Port Jackson heath
-GENUS- Epacris
-SPECIES- Epacris pungens
-CLASS- Pentandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Cavanilles

-MODERN_GENUS- Epacris
-MODERN_SPECIES- Epacris purpurascens
-MODERN_FAMILY- Epacridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- shrub
-COLOR- white suffused pink to magenta or rosy purple
-SEASON- autumn
-NATIVE_REGION- S & W Australia
-ZONE- 9

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 22
-PUB_DATE- 1805
-REISSUED-__
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0427 IMG0092.PCD