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Leucopogon gibbosus is a small, hairy-stemmed shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown mainly for its white flowers in short spikes. It suits sandy, free-draining soil and is grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts.
Leucopogon gibbosus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with more or less round leaves and spikes of tube-shaped white flowers on the ends of branches and in leaf axils.
This leucopogon grows in sandy soil, often with gravel or over granite and occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucopogon gibbosus 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.
