Flora of Victoria

Erect shrub or small tree, c. 1–5 m high; branchlets minutely and sparsely pubescent. Leaves erect to spreading, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 15–35 mm long, 3–7 mm wide, slightly convex to flat, slightly discolorous, subglaucous beneath, glabrous; apex broadly acute, thickened and channelled. Flowers white, 6–13, in terminal and near-terminal spikes 1–3 cm long; bracteoles ovate, 1–1.5 mm long, broadly acute to obtuse, glabrous; sepals white, ovate, 1.5–1.9 mm long, acute, glabrous; corolla 3.5–5 mm long, lobes slightly longer than tube, acute, densely and shortly bearded within; anthers with recurved sterile tips; ovary 4- or 5-locular, glabrous, style 0.5–1 mm long. Fruit spherical, c. 4.5 mm diam., white and fleshy when ripe. Flowers Sep.–Nov.

Brid, EGL, GipP, Glep, HFE, OtP, OtR, Strz, VAlp, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. New Zealand. Common on dunes and sandstone and limestone slopes along almost the entire Victorian coastline, rarely extending more than c. 0.5 km from the shore, but occurring up to c. 15 km inland beside the Glenelg River near Drik Drik in the far south-west. .

Source: Powell, J.M.; Walsh, N.G.; Brown, E.A. (1996). Leucopogon. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Ericales

family Ericaceae

genus Leucopogon

Higher taxa

species Leucopogon parviflorus (Andrews) Lindl.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Leucopogon parviflorus in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Leucopogon parviflorus in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Highlands-Far East	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Leucopogon parviflorus (Andrews) Lindl.

Coast Beard-heath

Victoria

State distribution