Leucopogon cinereus

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
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Leucopogon
Species:	L. cinereus
Binomial name
Leucopogon cinereus E.Pritz.[1]
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

1. "Leucopogon cinereus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
2. "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.