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Epacris sprengelioides

Rupicola sprengelioides

Epacris sprengelioides
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Epacris sprengelioides is a small erect shrub from the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, where it grows on sandstone ledges and cliffs. Its rarity and rocky habitat make it a specialist plant, best grown in well-drained, gritty conditions.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, gritty mix with low nutrients, such as a native heath or sandy mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from hard frost and prolonged heat.
How easy
Hard

About

Epacris sprengelioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with shaggy-hairy branchlets, more or less erect, narrowly elliptic leaves, and white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

Epacris sprengelioides grows on sandstone ledges, cliff faces and rocky ground in the Burragorang Valley section of the Blue Mountains in eastern New South Wales.

Other Epacris plants

Epacris acuminata · Epacris apiculata · Epacris apsleyensis · Bearded Heath · Drumstick Heath · Epacris browniae · Epacris calvertiana · Epacris celata · Epacris cerasicollina · Epacris coriacea · Epacris corymbiflora · Epacris crassifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epacris sprengelioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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