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Species of shrub From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leucopogon distans is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1.2 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 11.2 in). The leaves are heart-shaped to egg-shaped or lance-shaped, 2–4.5 mm (0.079–0.177 in) long with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged in spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils, the flowers well-spaced from each other, with small bracts and broad bracteoles at the base. The sepals are about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, the petal tube about the same length as the sepals, the lobes about twice as long. Flowering occurs from July to February.[2][3]
| Leucopogon distans | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. distans |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon distans | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
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Leucopogon distans was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[4][5] The specific epithet (distans) means "distant", referring to the well-spaced flowers.[6]
This leucopogon grows on sandy and gravelly soils in swamps, sandplains and hills in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
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