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Australian heath

DEFINITIONS OF: Australian heath

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n any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region

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epacris
any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers
Australian grass tree, Richea dracophylla
stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers
Richea pandanifolia, grass tree, tree heath
gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
Epacris impressa, common heath
spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
Epacris obtusifolia, blunt-leaf heath, common heath
small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
Epacris purpurascens, Port Jackson heath
small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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