Leucopogon thymifolius

Leucopogon thymifolius
	On Mount William in Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Leucopogon
Species:	L. thymifolius
Binomial name
	Leucopogon thymifolius; Lindl. ex Benth.
	Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
	Styphelia thymifolia(Lindl. ex Benth.) F.Muell.

Last updated July 09, 2023

Leucopogon thymifolius, commonly known as thyme beard-heath,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is a slender shrub with spreading, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white to pale pink, tube-shaped flowers arranged in spikes of seven to thirteen in leaf axils, or on the ends of leafless branches.

Description

Leucopogon rufus is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), its branchlets sometimes covered with fine, soft hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to oblong and spreading, 2.5–11 mm (0.098–0.433 in) long and 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide. Both surfaces of the leaves are covered with fine, soft hairs, and the edges of the leaves are turned down. The flowers are borne in spikes of seven to thirteen in upper leaf axils and the ends of leafless branches, the spikes 7–25 mm (0.28–0.98 in) long, with egg-shaped, softly-hairy bracteoles 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) long at the base. The sepals are narrowly egg-shaped, 1.3–2.2 mm (0.051–0.087 in) long, the petals white or pale pink, 1.6–2.5 mm (0.063–0.098 in) long and joined at the base, forming a tube, the lobes slightly longer than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from September to November, and the fruit is 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

Leucopogon thymifolius was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from an unpublished description by John Lindley.^[3]^[4] The specific epithet (thymifolius) means "thyme-leaved".^[5]

Distribution and habitat

Thyme beard-heath occurs in open forest and heathy woodland in the Grampians to nearby Pomonal in western Victoria.^[2]

Conservation status

Leucopogon thymifolius is listed as "vulnerable" under the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 .^[2]

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References

1 2 "Leucopogon thymifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
1 2 3 4 Powell, Jocelyn M.; Walsh, Neville G.; Brown, Elizabeth A. "Leucopogon thymifolius". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
1 2 Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. pp. 189–190. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
↑ "Leucopogon thymifolius". APNI. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 324. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] 1 2 "Leucopogon thymifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[RBGV-2] 1 2 3 4 Powell, Jocelyn M.; Walsh, Neville G.; Brown, Elizabeth A. "Leucopogon thymifolius". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[Benth.-3] 1 2 Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. pp. 189–190. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[APNI-4] "Leucopogon thymifolius". APNI. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[Sharr-5] Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 324. ISBN 9780958034180.

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