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Date of issue: 10 July 1968
Designer: R. Warner

Plant: Epacris impressa

Family: Epacridaceae

Pink Heath
Straggly shrub to 1m high.
Pendant tubular flowers, white to pink to deep red.
Flowers throughout year, mainly in spring.
Occurs in NSW, Vic, Sth Aust, Tasmania.
Pink form is state floral emblem for Victoria.


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