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Ericaceae — Heath Family

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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.

Dracophyllum pronum, or trailing neinei, is a prostrate sprawling shrub endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

Dracophyllum muscoides Hook.fil.

Dracophyllum muscoides is a small cushion plant endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, growing in high-elevation open habitats.

Dracophyllum lessonianum A.Rich.

Dracophyllum lessonianum, the gumland grass tree, is a tree or shrub in the Ericaceae family endemic to New Zealand's North Island.

Dracophyllum verticillatum Labill.

Dracophyllum verticillatum is an endemic New Caledonian shrub or small tree in the heath family Ericaceae.

Dracophyllum ramosum Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

Dracophyllum ramosum is a shrub or small tree in Ericaceae, endemic to New Caledonia, growing to 0.5–5 m tall.

Prionotes cerinthoides (Labill.) R.Br.

Prionotes cerinthoides is a Tasmanian-endemic climbing Ericaceae shrub also called the missing link between northern and southern hemisphere heath families.

Epacris gunnii Hook.fil.

Epacris gunnii is a small flowering shrub native to south-eastern Australian states, growing in forest, heath and grassland habitats.

Epacris lanuginosa Labill.

Epacris lanuginosa, or woolly-style heath, is an erect Australian shrub susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot.

Epacris serpyllifolia R.Br.

Epacris serpyllifolia is a small endemic Tasmanian shrub common in alpine and subalpine Tasmania.

Epacris reclinata A.Cunn. ex Benth.

Epacris reclinata is a pink- to red-flowered shrub native to eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Epacris paludosa R.Br.

Epacris paludosa, or swamp heath, is an erect bushy Australian shrub that resprouts after fire and lives over 60 years.

Sprengelia monticola (DC.) Druce

Sprengelia monticola is a small white-flowered shrub native to wet sandstone rocky habitats of the Blue Mountains, Australia.

Sprengelia sprengelioides (R.Br.) Druce

Sprengelia sprengelioides is an erect shrub that grows in coastal swampy heath from south-east Queensland to Sydney, Australia.

Sprengelia propinqua A.Cunn. ex DC.

Sprengelia propinqua is a Tasmanian flowering shrub that grows in high rainfall heath and sedge habitats.

Andersonia caerulea R.Br.

Andersonia caerulea is a variable Australian shrub widespread in sandy soils of south-western Western Australia.

Andersonia lehmanniana Sond.

Andersonia lehmanniana is a flowering shrub endemic to multiple bioregions of south-western Western Australia, with two geographically separated subspecies.

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