Leucopogon propinquus
# Leucopogon propinquus

Leucopogon propinquus 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, rigid shrub with linear leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged in pairs or threes in leaf axils.

## Description

Leucopogon propinquus is a rigid, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.2 m (3 ft 3 in – 3 ft 11 in). Its leaves are rigid, linear, 1.3–2.5 mm (0.051–0.098 in) long with a rigid point on the end. The flowers are borne in leaf axils in pairs or threes, sometimes 4 or 5, on a short peduncle with small bracts, and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals and with a rigid point on the tip. The sepals are about 3.2 mm (0.13 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base, forming a tube shorter than the sepals, the petal lobes longer than the petal tube and rolled back.

## Taxonomy

Leucopogon propinquus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen . The specific epithet (propinquus) means "related to".

## Distribution

Leucopogon propinquus is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

## Conservation status

This leucopogon is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

