Sprengelia incarnata
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Sprengelia incarnata, commonly known as Pink Swamp-heath. is a plant species in the family Ericacae. It is endemic to Australia. It is an upright shrub growing to between 0.5 and 2 metres high. The leaves are 5 to 20 mm long and wrap around the stems. Clusters of pink flowers appear between June and November in the species native range.

The species was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith
James Edward Smith
Sir James Edward Smith was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world...

in 1794.
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