Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Upright bushy shrub to 2.5m tall.

Foliage: Broad elliptic glossy dark green leaves, scales below.

Flowers: Open funnels, 4-6 per umbel, yellow with strong orange-red lobes. Flowers repeatedly through the year.

History: R. laetum X R. zoelleri. Cross by Tom Lelliott, Victoria, raised by Ewen Perrott, NZ, introduced by Os Blumhardt in 1984.