Leucopogon cucullatus is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in). The leaves are crowded, egg-shaped to more or less round, and 4.0–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long. The flowers are arranged in small groups in short, dense spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils, with leaf-like bracts and bracteoles about 4 mm (0.16 in) long at the base. The sepals are 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and the petals almost 6 mm (0.24 in) long, the lobes longer than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from July to January.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. cucullatus
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| Leucopogon cucullatus | |
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Leucopogon cucullatus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[4][5] The specific epithet (cucullatus) means "hooded", referring to the leaves.[6]
This leucopogon grows on sandy and gravelly soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Leucopogon cucullatus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Leucopogon cucullatus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 203. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Leucopogon cucullatus". APNI. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 545. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780958034180.
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