Definition of Epacris purpurascens

1. Noun. Small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers.

Exact synonyms: Port Jackson Heath
Generic synonyms: Epacris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epacris Purpurascens

Eocene
Eocene epoch
Eochaid Feidlech
Eochaid Sálbuide
Eolic
Eolithic
Eolithic Age
Eolus
Eora
Eos
Eosphorus
Eostre
Epacridaceae
Epacris impressa
Epacris obtusifolia
Epacris purpurascens
Eperythrozoon coccoides
Eperythrozoon ovis
Eperythrozoon suis
Eperythrozoon wenyoni
Eph.
Ephedra sinica
Ephedraceae
Ephemerida
Ephemeridae
Ephemeroptera
Ephes.
Ephesan
Ephesian
Ephesians

Literary usage of Epacris purpurascens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"epacris purpurascens, BM 844. E. pulchella, BM 1170. E. grandiflora, BM 982. Fine scarlet and crimson coloured flowers on plants of easy culture in peat and ..."

2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1880)
"... nivalis flore-pleno is a remarkably pretty double white variety, somewhat resembling in habit epacris purpurascens. Several new hybrid Rhododendrons of ..."

3. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"epacris purpurascens, BM 844. E.pulchella, BM 1170. E. grandiflora, BM 982. Fine scarlet and crimson coloured flowers on plants of easy culture in peat and ..."

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