Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Comments: Habit: Compact slow growing shrub to 1m.
Foliage: Elliptic, glossy olive green with reddish hairs on margins and tan scales below.
Flowers: Striking open funnel flowers, 5 per umbel, yellow-green with red flush in bud, opening pale yellow with red blotch. Strongly scented with an unusual scent. Calyx pink. September- October flowering at Pukeiti.
Further information: A native American name.