Leucopogon atherolepis
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| Leucopogon atherolepis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. atherolepis |
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| Leucopogon atherolepis | |
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Leucopogon atherolepis is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon atherolepis is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has long, straight stems and erect or spreading leaves with a sharply-pointed tip. The flowers are arranged near the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils, forming leafy panicles with bracts and bracteoles about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The sepals are about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base forming a short tube with lobes nearly 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to November.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon atherolepis was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.[4][5] The specific epithet (atherolepis) is derived from Greek words meaning "the point of a weapon" and "a scale", referring to the sharply-pointed bracts, bracteoles and sepals.[6]