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Leucopogon elatior

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Species of plant

Leucopogon elatior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species: L. elatior
Binomial name
Leucopogon elatior
Sond.
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
  • Leucopogon semioppositus F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Styphelia elatior (Sond.) Sleumer
  • Styphelia semiopposita F.Muell.

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

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.

Taxonomy and naming

Leucopogon elatior as was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. The specific epithet (elatior) means "taller".

Distribution and habitat

This leucopogon grows on sandplains, hillslopes and winter-wet places in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Leucopogon elatior is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

References

  1. ^ "Leucopogon elatior". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Leucopogon eliator". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiansis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 194. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. "Leucopogon elatior". APNI. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. Sonder, Otto W. (1845). Lehmann, Johann G.C. (ed.). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 314–315. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. "Leucopogon elatior". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Leucopogon elatior
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