Leucopogon microphyllus var. pilibundus

Shrub to c. 1 m. high; branchlets hispid. Leaves not widely spreading, narrowly elliptic to c. oblong, 2–6 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, convex, concolorous, upper surface and margins hispid with scattered hairs of different lengths, lower surface papillose between nerves, otherwise glabrous or sparsely hispid; apex bluntish, slightly recurved. Flowers white, crowded, (1–)2–5 in spikes 3-7 mm long in upper axils; bracteoles ovate, 1–1.5 mm long, acute, minutely hispid; sepals narrowly ovate, 2.2–3 mm long, acute, dark-tipped, minutely hispid; corolla c. 2–3 mm long, lobes 1.2–2 times longer than tube, acute, spreading or recurved, densely bearded within; anthers with short sterile tips; ovary 2–3-locular, glabrous, style 0.3–0.5 mm long. Fruit ovoid, 1.5–2.2. mm long. Flowers Aug.–Oct.