 Although not recognised in the Australian Plant Census, the variety is noted as "rare" on the list of "Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria" issued by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries.In 1977 Helen Stace and Yvonne Fripp from La Trobe University studied 195 populations of "Epacris impressa" in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania and found that 120 consisted of mixed stands of two or more races while 75 populations were of one race only.They identified four races based on the following corolla characteristics