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Date of issue: 8 October 2019
Designer: Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: RA Printing

This is one of three stamps on the theme of 'Seed Banking'.

Plant: Epacris petrophila

Family: ERICACEAE

Common-name: Snow Heath

An erect or low-lying shrub, 30-60 cm high. Flowers in short leafy clusters.

Dominant in alpine and subalpine feldmark, heath and bogs.

Plant distribution: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS.

 


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