Leucopogon mollis is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, diffuse shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has white, tube-shaped flowers. The species was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected on the summit of "Mount Mongerup" in the Stirling Range.[2][3] The specific epithet (mollis) means "soft".[4]
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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. mollis
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| Leucopogon mollis | |
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Styphelia mollis (E.Pritz.) Sleumer | |
Leucopogon mollis is found in the Stirling Range National Park in the Esperance Plains bioregion of south-western Western Australia where it grows on rocky slopes. It is listed as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Leucopogon mollis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Leucopogon mollis". APNI. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 471. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 254. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Leucopogon mollis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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