Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: Japan; Russia (east); South Korea

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Shrub - deciduous

Comments: Habit: Forms a spreading, and occasionally upright shrub to 1m.
Foliage: Lanceolate or elliptic leaves which are largely deciduous, and tiny. Both surfaces have scattered, long weak hairs.
Flowers: 3-6 small, funnel-shaped white flowers that are almost completely hidden by the foliage.
further note: The most redeeming feature would have to be teh orange-red to reddish-brown leaves in autumn. Rare in cultivation.