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- = Epacris affinis Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 20: 199 (1887 [1888])
Erect or spreading slender shrub up to ± 1 m tall, often decumbent at base; branches slender; branchlets puberulent towards tips. Lvs ascending at first, becoming ± patent, close-set, 3–5 × 1.5–2 mm, coriaceous, glabrous, on very short subappressed petioles widening to base. Lamina concave above, obtusely keeled on back, ovate-oblong to elliptic; veins obscure; apex obtuse to subacute. Fls solitary, axillary, on short peduncles towards tip of branchlets. Bracts usually 6–10, broad-ovate, ± imbricate. Calyx lobes obtuse, ciliolate, 2–3 mm long. Corolla white, 2.5–4 mm diam.; lobes spreading, ovate-triangular, obtuse, < tube. Capsule ± 1.5 mm long, subglobose.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–Jan.