Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: PAPUA NEW GUINEA

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Comments: Habit: Thin straggly shrub to 1m.
Foliage:Linear leaves covered with brown scales which remain underneath when top surface wears off. This gives a bronze look to new growth.
Flowers: Thin cream cylindrical flowers, brown scaled on tube in 1-2 umbel. Flowers all year but never covered. Pink and mauve-pink forms also found growing with cream form.