Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar

IUCN Red list: Endangered

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: A slow growing rounded shrub with a estimated height of 1.2m in 10 years.
Foliage: Attractive dark green, obovate leaves, 7-15cm long by 3.5-7.5cm wide. The underside has a dense woolly cinnamon-brown indumentum.
Flowers: A compact truss of tubular-campanulate red flowers.
Cultivation information: Needs protection from frosts.