Woollsia

Woollsia pungens, commonly known as snow heath, is the sole species in the flowering plant genus Woollsia in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with egg-shaped leaves with a heart-shaped base, white to dark pink, tube-shaped flowers and small capsules containing many small seeds.

==Description== Woollsia pungens is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has hairy stems. The leaves are egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole up to long, and have a rounded to heart-shaped base and a sharp point on the end. The flowers are white to dark pink, in diameter and sweetly-scented. There are hairy bracts and sepals long. The petals are joined at the base, forming a tube long with spreading lobes long. Flowering occurs in most months, and the fruit is a capsule about in diameter, containing many small seeds.