Leucopogon attenuatus
Leucopogon attenuatus, commonly known as grey beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It has grey-green leaves and small white flowers and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Description
Leucopogon attenuatus is a  dense shrub usually  high and the branchlets have soft, short hairs. The grey-green leaves sit erect or upwardly against the stem, linear or oval shaped,  long and  wide, upper surface convex in cross section, 3 parallel veins on the underside, margins curved downward with small teeth, and stiff, upright hairs,  and the leaf tapering to a small point. The white flowers sit upright in groups of 1-3 in upper leaf axils, bracteoles  long and hairy, sepals  long and the floral tube  long with soft hairs inside and lobes  long. Flowering occurs from in winter to early spring and the fruit is a small, fleshy brown-green and berry-like, oval-shaped to  long, ribbed and smooth.

Taxonomy and naming
Leucopogon attenuatus was first formally described in 1825 and the description was published in Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales. The specific epithet (attenuatus) means "narrowing to a point".

Distribution and habitat
Grey beard-heath grows in dry, rocky slopes in woodlands and heath on sandy soils in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. In Victoria the species is known as Styphelia attenuatus.

References

attenuatus
Ericales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Plants described in 1814