Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (west); Myanmar (north east)

Habitat: Rock and cliff faces

IUCN Red list: Vulnerable

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Small mat forming to low mounded shrub.
Foliage: Tiny glossy leaves, densly brown scaled below.
Flowers: Upstanding purple-crimson flowers 1-3 per umbel, almost flat faced, usually November flowering.
Further information: Variable species, formally R. radicans.