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Leucopogon atherolepis

Leucopogon atherolepis
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY 4.0

Leucopogon atherolepis is a small erect shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown mainly as a native garden or rockery plant. It is best kept in free-draining soil in full sun, as is typical for Western Australian heath species.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Mild to warm climates; tolerates light frost but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucopogon atherolepis is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

This leucopogon grows on rocky hillsides, mainly in the Stirling Range National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Leucopogon plants

Leucopogon acicularis · Leucopogon affinis · Leucopogon alternifolius · Leucopogon altissimus · Leucopogon amplectens · Beard Heath · Leucopogon apiculatus · Leucopogon assimilis · Leucopogon audax · Leucopogon australis · Styphelia blepharolepis · Leucopogon borealis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucopogon atherolepis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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