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. A pink-flowered form is the floral emblem of the
state of Victoria. E. impressa is difficult to propagate reliably, which
has limited its use in horticulture and revegetation. It grows best in
well-drained but moist soil in a semishaded position. A highly regarded
garden plant, the common heath was first cultivated in England in 1825
with over seventy named cultivars, most of which have now vanished.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epacris_impressa>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
392:
Roman emperor Valentinian II was found hanged in his residence
in Vienne, Gaul.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinian_II>
1836:
English astronomer Francis Baily first observed "Baily's
beads", a phenomenon during a solar eclipse in which the rugged lunar
limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through (example
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Baily>
1916:
Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was
lynched in Waco, Texas, US, in what became a well-known example of
racially motivated lynching.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington>
1948:
The Australian cricket team, on tour in England set a first-
class world record that still stands by scoring 721 runs in a day
against Essex.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1948>
1966:
Disapproving of his handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on the
forces of General Tôn Thất Đính and ousted him from the position.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B4n_Th%E1%BA%A5t_%C4%90%C3%ADnh>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
speak volumes:
1. (idiomatic) To express more than one actually said.
2. Usually with about: to extend beyond the immediate topic under
discussion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speak_volumes>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem
him.
--L. Frank Baum
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum>
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