Peach Heath | |
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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.
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.