Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan)

IUCN Red list: Near threatened

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: An upright shrub to 3m.
Foliage: Oblong-lanceolate leavs with a rough upper surfarce of olive-green. A thin white indumentum covers teh underside and stems.
Flower: Roseine purple flowers with a dark crimson blotch in an open truss.
Additional notes: An exceptional clonal form of floribundum, "Swinhoe" was given the Award of Merit in 1963 by teh Royal Horticultural Society.