Leucopogon gracillimus

Leucopogon gracillimus is a shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Western Australia.[4]

Leucopogon gracillimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. gracillimus
Binomial name
Leucopogon gracillimus
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]

Styphelia gracillima (DC.) F.Muell.

Description

Leucopogon gracillimus is an erect slender shrub, growing to heights of from 0.2 m to 1.5 m high. Its white flowers are seen from May to September.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the IBRA Regions of: Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, and the Swan Coastal Plain, growing on sandy and gravelly soils, on plains, low ridges, seasonally wet flats, and outcrops.[4]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1839 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[1][2] The specific epithet, gracillimus, derives from the Latin adjective, gracilis ("slender") and describes the plant as being very slender.[5]

References
  1. "Leucopogon gracillimus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Candolle, A.P. de (1839). Candolle, A.P. de (ed.). "Epacridaceae". Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. 7 (2): 747.
  3. "Leucopogon gracillimus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "Leucopogon gracillimus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. Backer, C.A. (1936). "Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië in het wild groeiende en in tuinen en parken gekweekte varens en hoogere planten (Edition Nicoline van der Sijs).] (Explanatory dictionary of the scientific names of .. plants grown in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies...)". p. 745.
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