Epacris pilosa

Epacris pilosa is a low-lying shrub with weeping branches up to 50 cm (20 in) long, the branchlets covered with shaggy hairs. The leaves are elliptic to more or less egg-shaped, 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) long, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide on a petiole 0.81 mm (0.032 in) long and have fine hairs on the edges. The flowers are 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter, each flower on a peduncle 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, with pointed bracts near the base. The sepals are 3.3–5.0 mm (0.13–0.20 in) long, the petals white or cream-coloured and joined at the base, forming a tube about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long with lobes 4.9–5.8 mm (0.19–0.23 in) long. The style is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and the anthers are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to December and the fruit is a capsule about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long.

This epacris grows in rock crevices and ledges in the Kurrajong Heights and Bilpin areas and in parts of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

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