Leucopogon tamariscinus

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

Description
Leucopogon tamariscinus is an erect, sparsely-branched shrub that typically grows to 30–70 cm high and has wand-like branches. The leaves are egg-shaped or lance-shaped, 4–6 mm long, and almost stem-clasping. The flowers are borne on the ends of branches in many-flowered, cylindrical spikes 12–25 mm long. There are small, leaf-like bracts and broad bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are less than 2 mm long, and the petals are white, 2.6–3.2 mm long and joined at the base forming a tube with lobes about the same length as the petal tube. Flowering mainly occurs from July to December.

Taxonomy
Leucopogon tamariscinus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (tamariscinus) means "Tamarix-like".

Distribution and habitat
This leucopogon grows on sandplains and on laterite ridges in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

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