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Leucopogon biflorus R.Br.
Family Ericaceae
Subfamily Epacridoideae
Leucopogon biflorus R.Br. APNI*

Synonyms: Leucopogon sp. C sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*

Description: Erect to spreading shrub 0.4–2 m high; branchlets hispid.

Leaves oblong, 9–17 mm long, 2–2.7 mm wide; margins entire; lamina discolorous, glabrous, ± flat, lower surface finely striate-veined; petiole absent.

Flowers solitary or 2 together plus a rudiment, often dense at end of branches, white; peduncles 1–1.5 mm long bracteoles 1.2–1.6 mm long. Sepals 2.3–3.2 mm long. Corolla tube 2.5–3.7 mm long, sparsely hairy over upper half; lobes 3.2–3.6 mm long, woolly on upper half only.

Fruit ellipsoid, 3.2–3.7 mm long, glabrous, brown.


Flower
Photo J. & P. Edwards

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: July–October

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll woodland, on skeletal sandy soils and on rocky outcrops, north from Dundedoo.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by J. M. Powell, except for groups with contributors listed
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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