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Leucopogon cordatus is a small erect, spreading shrub endemic to southwestern Western Australia, growing 0.35 to 1 m tall on sandy soils often over granite, laterite or limestone. It is grown mainly in native and drought-tolerant gardens, and in its native range it bears white flowers from July to November.
Leucopogon cordatus is a small plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect spreading shrub, typically growing to a height of 0.35–1 m (1 ft 2 in – 3 ft 3 in) on sandy soils often over granite, laterite or limestone. Its white flowers may be seen from July to November.
It was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. The specific epithet (cordatus) means "heart-shaped", referring to the leaves.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucopogon cordatus 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.
