Epacris obtusifolia is common plant from the heath family. The Blunt-leaf Heath grows in swampy areas and heathland in eastern Australia. It is usually seen growing less than a metre tall. Flowers form in any time of the year, but are mostly seen between July and January. The specific epithet obtusifolia is derived from Latin, referring to the thickly tipped blunt leaves. The original specimen was collected in Sydney in the early colonial years. And it was first recorded in scientific literature in the year 1805, published by the eminent English botanist James Edward Smith.