Leucopogon lavarackii is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. It is a much-branched shrub with softly-hairy branchlets, oblong, elliptic or lance-shaped leaves and spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon lavarackii is a much-branched shrub with softly-hairy branchlets, that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft), sometimes flowering when less than 30 cm (12 in) tall. Its leaves are oblong, elliptic, or lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in spikes of 2 to 4 in upper leaf axils with bracts about 0.7 mm (0.028 in) long and bracteoles 1.2–1.7 mm (0.047–0.067 in) long. The sepals are 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and the petals are white, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and joined for one-third to a half that length. The fruit is an orange-yellow, elliptic drupe about the same length as the sepals.[2]
Leucopogon lavarackii was first formally described in 1990 by Leslie Pedley in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected by Leonard John Brass on Mount Tozer in 1948.[3] The specific epithet (lavarackii) honours Peter S. Lavarack.[2]
This leucopogon grows on sand and shallow, rocky soil on Cape York Peninsula as far south as Cooktown.[2]
Leucopogon lavarackii is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. It is a much-branched shrub with softly-hairy branchlets, oblong, elliptic or lance-shaped leaves and spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.
