Azalea family
ERICACEAE in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Astroloma conostephoides Flame Heath Scorpion Springs, South Australia Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Astroloma pinifolium Pine Heath Wyee, September 2008	Azalea indica Azalea Sydney, August 2006	Conostephium pendulum Pearl Flower Western Australia, October 2007
Epacris microphylla Coral Heath Wyee, September 2008	Epacris pulchella Wallum Heath Wyee, March 2007	Freylinia lanceolata Orange Heath Wyee, March 2008	Leucopogon juniperinus Prickly Beard-heath Wyee, March 2008
Leucopogon lanceolatus Lance Beard-heath Wyee, August 2007	Pieris japonica Lily-of-the-valley Bush Sydney, August 2006	Rhododendron lochiae Australian Rhododendron Wyee, November 2007	Rhododendron loranthiflorum Vireya Rhododendron Wyee, April 2008
Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron Concord, October 2006	Richea dracophylla Dragon Heath Wyee, September 2007	Richea pandanifolia Pandani Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, December 2007 Photos: courtesy of Alyson Ashe	Trochocarpa laurina Tree heath Wyee, December 2007

Vaccinium cyanococcus Blueberries Sydney, November 2006

Vaccinium macrocarpon Cranberries Sydney, November 2007

Woollsia pungens Snow Wreath Sydney, December 2008

The plants in ERICACEAE are preferred foodplants of some Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Caloptilia azaleella

Neolucia hobartensis

Neolucia mathewi

Poecilasthena pulchraria

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Australian butterflies

Australian caterpillars

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013)