Leucopogon clelandii, commonly known as Cleland's bearded-heath,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-east of continental Australia. It is weak, open shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils near the ends of the branches.
Leucopogon clelandii is a weak, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) and branchlets that are sometimes covered with soft hairs. The leaves are broadly egg-shaped, 2.5–6 mm (0.098–0.236 in) long and 1.0–1.8 mm (0.039–0.071 in) wide and more or less sessile. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, with round bracteoles about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are oblong, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and glabrous, the petals white and joined at the base to form a cylindrical tube 0.9–1.6 mm (0.035–0.063 in) long, the lobes 1.7–2.3 mm (0.067–0.091 in) long. Flowering occurs from April to August and the fruit is an oval or elliptic drupe 2.2–3.5 mm (0.087–0.138 in) long.[2][3]
Leucopogon clelandii was first formally described in 1915 by Edwin Cheel in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia from specimens collected by John Burton Cleland near Coonalpyn in 1911. The specific epithet (clelandii) honours Cleland.[4][5]
This leucopogon grows in mallee scrub and heath in the south-east of South Australia and to as far east as the Grampians in Victoria.[2][3]
Leucopogon clelandii, commonly known as Cleland's bearded-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-east of continental Australia. It is weak, open shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils near the ends of the branches.
