Phylica ericoides (heath phylica)

Japanese name: フィリカ エリコイデス
Scientific name: Phylica ericoides

[Overview]
An evergreen shrub 0.6–1 m tall.
It branches well and grows densely.
The branches are densely covered with fine hairs.
The leaves are densely alternate, linear to lanceolate, 0.5–0.8 cm long.
The undersides of the leaves are densely covered with grayish white hairs.
In its native range it flowers all year round.
Dense capitate inflorescences at the branch tips bear many very small white flowers.
The fruit is a capsule.

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