The Ironstone Beard-heath is an erect, narrow, and sparingly branched shrub that can grow to one metre high. Young branchlets are light brown and hairless, with grey longitudinal bands developing on older wood. The bark, at maturity, is uniformly grey and fissured. The leaves are spirally arranged, directed upward, narrowly elliptic and 15-25 mm long and 3-5 mm across. Inflorescences are erect with 14-32 white flowers.
Ironstone Beard-heath |
Leucopogon spectabilis
Status: Critically Endangered on the EPBC Act list
Government evidence of impact of climate change:
Expand all
Close all
Close all
-
Australian Government, Conservation Advice, Leucopogon spectabilis
Inappropriate fire regimes are also a threat to the species.
Download