Common Name: Common Beard-heath
Botanical Name: Leucopogon virgatus
Family: EPACRIDACEAE
Description:
Low slender shrub, 30-60 cm high. Lanceolate-shaped, 0.5-2 cm long by 1-3 mm wide. White, 5-petalled flowers on end of branches. Winter to early summer. Spring to autumn.
Low slender shrub, 30-60 cm high. Lanceolate-shaped, 0.5-2 cm long by 1-3 mm wide. White, 5-petalled flowers on end of branches. Winter to early summer. Spring to autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Common to sandy soils of temperate forests, woodlands and shrublands in all agricultural districts of SA. Also in NSW, Vic and Tas.
Common to sandy soils of temperate forests, woodlands and shrublands in all agricultural districts of SA. Also in NSW, Vic and Tas.
Notes:
Endangered or rare in the Yorke Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Kangaroo Island and Murray regions.
Endangered or rare in the Yorke Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Kangaroo Island and Murray regions.
