Lissanthe strigosa

Peach Heath
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Lissanthe
Species: L. strigosa
Binomial name
Lissanthe strigosa
(Sm.) R.Br.

Lissanthe strigosa, sometimes referred as the Peach Heath is a common shrub from the heath family, found in eastern and southern Australia.[1]

This plant first appeared in the scientific literature in A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith in 1793. Then in 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

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