Epacris impressa

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Noun1.Epacris impressa - spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
common heath
epacris - any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers
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Corolla color polymorphisms most often are generated by mutations at loci regulating pigment synthesis (Anemone coronaria, Horovitz and Zohary 1966; Ipomoea purpurea, Epperson and Clegg 1987a) and may be spread by gene flow between populations (Encelia farinosa, Kyhos 1971; Epacris impressa, Stace and Fripp 1977; Ipomopsis aggregata, Wilken and Allard 1986; Phlox drummondii, Levin and Schmidt 1985), or by mutations at loci regulating pigment synthesis (Anemone coronaria, Horovitz and Zohary 1966; Ipomaea purpurea, Epperson and Clegg 1987a).
Natural selection against white petals in Phlox
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