Epacris impressa, also known as
common heath, is a plant of the heath family,
Ericaceae, that is native to southeast Australia: the states of
Victoria,
Tasmania,
South Australia and
New South Wales. French botanist
Jacques Labillardière collected the species in 1793 and
described it in 1805. Four forms have been identified, but no subspecies are recognised. Growing in heathland, shrubland or open forest, it is generally a small shrub around 0.5 to 1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) tall, with small stiff leaves. The red, pink or white tube-like flowers appear from late autumn to early spring. Honeyeaters, particularly the
eastern spinebill, feed upon the nectar of the flowers. It regenerates after
bushfire by seed or by
resprouting.