Thyme Beard-Heath
Leucopogon thymifolius
Family Ericaceae
About
Leucopogon thymifolius, commonly known as thyme beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is a slender shrub with spreading, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white to pale pink, tube-shaped flowers arranged in spikes of seven to thirteen in leaf axils, or on the ends of leafless branches.
How to spot it
Leucopogon rufus is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), its branchlets sometimes covered with fine, soft hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to oblong and spreading, 2.5–11 mm (0.098–0.433 in) long and 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide. Both surfaces of the leaves are covered with fine, soft hairs, and the edges of the leaves are turned down. The flowers are borne in spikes of seven to thirteen in upper leaf axils and the ends of leafless branches, the spikes
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Cathedral Range State Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes