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Leucopogon leptanthus
Styphelia leptantha is a small, erect, bushy shrub from the heath family, endemic to south-west Western Australia, reaching about 30 cm tall. It is a native wildflower rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it is best suited to Mediterranean-type climates with well-drained soil.
Styphelia leptantha is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of about 30 cm (12 in). Its leaves are erect, oblong or egg-shaped and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long with a small, hard point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils with small bracts and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long, the petals joined at the base to form a tube about 4 mm (0.16 in) long with lobes about 2 mm (0.079 in) long.
The species was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis who gave it the name Leucopogon leptanthus from specimens collected by James Drummond between the Moore and Murchison Rivers.
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