Leucopogon microphyllus

Small-leaved White-beard

Family:            Ericaceae

Plant:              An erect wiry shrub up to 1m high.

Flowers:         White, tubular flowers 3mm long, with 5 spreading lobes. Flowers arranged in terminal clusters on side branches. The inside of the lobes are hairy.

Flowering:      May-November.

Fruit:               A ridged, oblong drupe 1.5mm long, green turning brown.

Leaves:          Tiny, obovate to ovate 2-7mm long and 1-2mm wide, scale-like, pressed against stem, with hairy margins and longitudinal veins.

Habitat:           In damp areas in heathland.

Features:       Small leaves with longitudinal veins. Small white tubular woolly flowers.

Name:            

Leucopogon  From Greek leuco = white and pogon = beard (referring to its bearded flowers)

microphyllus From Latin = tiny-leaved

Search Criteria

 

Type	Shrub
Flowers	Form	Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster
	Colour(s)			White
	Petal/Sepal No.			5
	Flowering Month			5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Fruit	Type			Drupe
	Colour			Green, Brown
	Other Features			-
Leaves	Arrangement			Alternate, Crowded
	Type			Simple
	Shape			Oval
	Length			Tiny
	Margins			Entire
	Attachment		Unstalked, Stem-clasping
	Other Features			Tapered-tip
Bark	-
Habitat	Heathland