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Leucopogon obovatus

Leucopogon obovatus
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY 4.0

Leucopogon obovatus is an erect, robust shrub from southwestern Western Australia, growing up to about 2.5 m high, with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters. It is a native wild shrub rather than a common garden plant, so care is best matched to its native heath and coastal conditions.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry summers in its native range.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or acidic soil, typical of Western Australian heath.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucopogon obovatus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, variably-shaped, simple leaves, and erect clusters of 3 to 15 white, bell-shaped flowers on the ends of branches and in upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

Subspecies obovatus grows in heath or low woodland in near-coastal areas between West Cape Howe and Israelite Bay and subsp. revolutus

Other Leucopogon plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucopogon obovatus 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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