Styphelia blepharolepis

Styphelia blepharolepis 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 shrub with sharply-pointed, oblong to lance-shaped leaves and small flowers in racemes of two to five in leaf axils with small bracts and bracteoles about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and the petals are joined at the base forming an urn shape about 4 mm (0.16 in) long with lobes longer than the petal tube.^[2]

Styphelia blepharolepis
Conservation status
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Styphelia
Species:	S. blepharolepis
Binomial name
Styphelia blepharolepis F.Muell.[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
Leucopogon blepharolepis (F.Muell.) Benth.

It was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.^[1] The specific epithet (blepharolepis) means "eye-lash scale", referring to scales near the ovary.^[3]

This species occurs in the Esperance plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of the south-west of Western Australia and is listed as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,^[4] meaning that it is rare or near threatened.^[5]