Leucopogon elatior
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. elatior
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| Leucopogon elatior | |
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Leucopogon elatior is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
[edit]Leucopogon elatior is a slender, erect or straggly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in). Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long with a more or less heart-shaped base. The flowers are arranged in cylindrical spike of many flowers with leaf-like bracts and small bracteoles. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base to form a broadly bell-shaped tube about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, the lobes longer than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from January to May, or July to November.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Leucopogon elatior as was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (elatior) means "taller".[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This leucopogon grows on sandplains, hillslopes and winter-wet places in the south-west of Western Australia.[2][7]
Conservation status
[edit]Leucopogon elatior is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Leucopogon elatior". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Leucopogon eliator". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiansis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 194. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Leucopogon elatior". APNI. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Sonder, Otto W. (1845). Lehmann, Johann G.C. (ed.). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 314–315. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Leucopogon elatior". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.