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Leucopogon apiculatus
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Leucopogon apiculatus

Leucopogon apiculatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves and pink to white tube-shaped flowers.

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Description

Leucopogon apiculatus is an erect, openly-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–2 m (1 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has oblong to elliptic leaves 13–19 mm (0.51–0.75 in) long with a sharply-pointed tip. The sepals are about 5.2 mm (0.20 in) long with narrowly lance-shaped bracts at the base, the petals white to pink, the petal tube and the petal lobes about the same length as the sepals. Flowering occurs from July to November.

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Range & habitat

This leucopogon grows in sandy or stony soils on granite outcrops, hills and rocky slopes in near-coastal areas of southern Western Australia, from Cape Le Grand National Park in the west to Cape Arid National Park in the east, including on the islands of the Recherche Archipelago, in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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