Leucopogon cordifolius

Leucopogon cordifolius, commonly known as heart-leaved beard-heath,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect shrub with broadly egg-shaped to round leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers, the petals bearded on the inside.

Leucopogon cordifolius
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. cordifolius
Binomial name
Leucopogon cordifolius
Synonyms[1]

Styphelia cordifolia (Lindl.) F.Muell.

Description

Leucopogon cordifolius is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.8–1.5 m (2 ft 7 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has softly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to round, 3.5–7 mm (0.14–0.28 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide and curve downwards with a short bristle on the tip. The flowers are arranged in spikes 5.5–8.5 mm (0.22–0.33 in) long in leaf axils, each spike with up to three flowers with broadly egg-shaped to round bracteoles 1.8–2.3 mm (0.071–0.091 in) long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base to form a tube 2.8–4.1 mm (0.11–0.16 in) long, the lobes 2.4–2.8 mm (0.094–0.110 in) long and bearded on the inside.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Leucopogon cordifolius was first formally described in 1838 by John Lindley in Thomas Mitchell's journal, Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.[4][5] The specific epithet (cordifolius) means "heart-leaved".[6]

The National Herbarium of Victoria and Western Australian Herbarium give the name Styphelia cordifolia.[3][7]

Distribution and habitat

Heart-leaved beard-heath grows in the understorey of woodland and in heathland in the far north-west of Victoria, the south-east of South Australia, and disjunctly in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo bioregions in the west of Western Australia.[2][3][7]

References
  1. "Leucopogon cordifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. "Leucopogon cordifolius". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. Walsh, Neville G. "Styphelia cordifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. "Leucopogon cordifolius". APNI. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. Mitchell, Thomas L. (1839). Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia (Second ed.). London. p. 122. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. "Styphelia cordifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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