Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Epacris Cav.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Epacris pauciflora A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 213, t. 29 (1832)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bog epacris; Tamingi; Tūmingi
 Description

Slender erect shrub to 2 m tall, sometimes very small; branches often fascicled, erect, ± virgate; branchlets puberulous when young. Lvs ascending at first, becoming ± patent, close-set, 4–8–(10) × 1–4 mm, coriaceous, glabrous, often tinted red, on very short petioles. Lamina concave above, not keeled on back, lanceolate-oblong, oblong, ovate, rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate; veins obscure; apex ± apiculate to narrow-acuminate. Fls solitary, axillary, aggregated towards tips of branchlets; peduncles c. 1.5 mm long. Bracts usually 10–20, strongly imbricate, ovate, conspicuously striate. Corolla white, c. 4–5 mm diam.; lobes patent, broad-oblong, obtuse to subacute, > tube. Capsule ± 1.5 mm long, subglobose, lobed.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.

 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Richard, A. 1832: Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle Zélande. In: Dumont d'Urville, J. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique. Tastu, Paris.