Leucopogon striatus
# Leucopogon striatus

Leucopogon striatus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged in dense spikes on the ends of branches and in upper leaf axils.

## Description

Leucopogon striatus is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows up to 60 cm (24 in) high and has many branches. The leaves are egg-shaped 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, thick, blunt and ribbed on the lower surface. The flowers are borne in spikes on the ends of branches and in upper leaf axils with bracts and bracteoles are about half the length of the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and the petals are white, less than 4 mm (0.16 in) long and joined at the base forming a tube with lobes about the same length as the petal tube. Flowering occurs from July to November.

## Taxonomy

Leucopogon striatus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (striatus) means "striated", referring to the leaves.

## Distribution and habitat

This leucopogon grows in sandy soil in the Esperance Plains bioregion of southern Western Australia.

## Conservation status

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

