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- ≡ Epacris pumila J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 20 (1776)
Slender much-branched procumbent shrub, forming patches up to c. 4 dm. diam. Branches and branchlets close-set, pubescent or occ. subglab. Lvs crowded on flat petioles c. 0·5 mm. long. Lamina oblong to ovoid-oblong to broad-elliptic, bluntly keeled, concavo-convex to flat (all forms may be present on a single plant), ± 3–5 × 1–2 mm., coriac., ± shining, margins minutely ciliolate. Fls very small, solitary, axillary, near tips of branchlets; bracts and bracteoles obtuse, < calyx; calyx-lobes obtuse, cioliolate, Corolla-tube > calyx, cylindric, lobes short, bearded within, recurved, white to reddish. Fr. ± 5–6 mm. diam., red to orange, globose to subpyriform, style persistent. Pyrenes 5–8–10.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.