About Epacris reclinata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Epacris reclinata, commonly known as fuchsia heath, is a low-lying to spreading shrub that typically grows to a maximum height of 60 cm (24 in). It has shaggy-hairy branchlets, and its stems bear conspicuous leaf scars. The leaves are egg-shaped, 5.0–8.8 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long and 2.4–5.2 mm (0.094–0.205 in) wide, growing from a petiole 0.6–0.9 mm (0.024–0.035 in) long. Flowers are arranged in leaf axils that extend down the branches, and each flower is 4.5–6.0 mm (0.18–0.24 in) wide, borne on a peduncle up to 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long. The sepals are 2.6–4.1 mm (0.10–0.16 in) long. The petals are pink to red, joined at the base to form a tube 9.0–17.3 mm (0.35–0.68 in) long, with lobes 1.7–3 mm (0.067–0.118 in) long that are sometimes paler than the rest of the petal tube. The anthers are entirely enclosed within the petal tube. Flowering occurs between June and December, and the fruit is a capsule approximately 2 mm (0.079 in) long. This species grows in woodland and heath on damp sandstone cliff faces and rock ledges, found only in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands of eastern New South Wales.
