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Budawangs Cliff-heath - profile

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Scientific name: Epacris gnidioides
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerableexternal link
Commonwealth status: Vulnerableexternal link
Profile last updated: 13 Jan 2022

Description

The Budawang Cliff-heath is a creeping shrub with hairy branches to 50 cm long. Its leaves are erect, 4 - 8 mm long and 1 - 2 mm wide, with a sharp point. The small flowers are tubular, with long, free petal tips; they are white and appear from September to February.

Distribution

The Budawang Cliff-heath has only been recorded in the Northern Budawang Range west of Ulladulla (e.g. Hidden Valley, The Castle, Nibelung Crags, Ettrema Canyon, Mt Sturgess).

Habitat and ecology

  • Grows in skeletal soil in sandstone crevices or on sandy ledges beneath cliffs, on the margins of open forest and heathland.

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