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Sprengelia

Sprengelia is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae.

The four species are all endemic to Australia:

  • Sprengelia distichophylla (Rodway) W.M.Curtis
  • Sprengelia incarnata Sm. - Pink Swamp-heath
  • Sprengelia monticola (DC.) Druce - Rock Sprengelia
  • Sprengelia sprengelioides (R.Br.) Druce

The genus was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1794 in Konglia Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.