Epacris purpurascens var. purpurascens

Port Jackson Heath
painting by Sydenham Edwards
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Epacris
Species:	E. purpurascens var. purpurascens
Binomial name
Epacris purpurascens var. purpurascens R.Br.
Synonyms
Lysinema purpurascens (Sims) Courtois

Epacris purpurascens var. purpurascens is rare Australian plant from the heath family. Commonly known as the Port Jackson Heath, this small plant grows in swamps and scrubby country on sandstone based soils around the Gosford and Sydney region of central eastern New South Wales.^[1] See also Epacris purpurascens var. onosmiflora.

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