Epacris longiflora

Flower name
Epacris longiflora
Scientific name
Epacris longiflora
AliasEpacris longiflora, Fuchsia Heath, フューシア・ヒース, フクシア・ヒース, Native fuchsia
Place of originSoutheastern Australia
Place of floweringGarden, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, December
Language of flowersBenevolence

What is Epacris longiflora

Epacris Longhi Flora (scientific name: Epacris longiflora) is a native of Southeastern Australia and is a semi-evergreen evergreen small shrub (bush) of the Ericaceae. Expand branches freely in sub-alpine growing like a bush. Also known as Fuchsia Heath or Native fuchsia.
Leaves attached to branches are small with a small triangle, and there are sharp spines at the tip. A short flower pattern is brought out from the axilis, and a long tubular flower with a deep peach color is bloom at the tip. The tip of the flower is white and it is shallowly fractured into a star shape. Heath (Heath) with English name, Heath is generally difficult to grow, but among them it is a garden tree or potted plant that is easy to grow. The environment prefers a place with a half-shade, well drained and moderately moist.
Generic name of "Epacris" is Latin for "epi (above) + acris (sharp: sharp)" in, and "top of the hill", "there is a sharp projections on the leaf away" from it, of the species epithet "longiflora" Is a compound word of "long (long) + flora (flower)". Flower language is "Benevolence".

Life type: semi-vine evergreen small shrub, aka: Fuchsia Heath, Native fuchsia, Origin: South Australia, habitat distribution: subalpine bush, tree height : 50 to 150 m, leaf shape: triangular to oval, leaf length: 0.5 to 1.5 cm, leaf width: 0.3 to 0.5 cm, leaf edge: sharp projections at the tip, sharp projections, leaves: alternate, flower shape : Tubular, flower color: deep peach color ~ red, tip is white, flower length: 1 ~ 2.5 cm, flowering period: December to March.