Leucopogon cinereus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has white flowers from August to October.[2] It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected on rocky hills near Gillingarra.[3][4] The specific epithet (cinereus) means "grey", referring to the colour of the young stems and leaves.[5]

Leucopogon cinereus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. cinereus
Binomial name
Leucopogon cinereus
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Styphelia cinerea (E.Pritz.) Sleumer

This leucopogon grows in woodland and on dry slopes in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leucopogon cinereus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Leucopogon cinereus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Leucopogon cinereus". APNI. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 472–473. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780958034180.