Leucopogon conchifolius
Leucopogon conchifolius is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrublet with many branches, more or less round leaves near the ends of branchlets, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged near the ends of leafy twigs. Description
Leucopogon conchifolius is an erect, slender shrublet that typically grows to a height of  and has many branches. The leaves are more or less round,  long and wide on a petiole about  long. The flowers are arranged singly, in pairs or threes in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, with small egg-shaped, pale green bracts and broadly egg-shaped to round bracteoles. The sepals are triangular, about  long, the petals white and joined at the base to form a tube  long, the lobes slightly longer than the petal tube and densely bearded on the inside. Flowering peaks in mid-March. Taxonomy and naming
Leucopogon conchifolius was first formally described in 1986 by Arne Strid in the journal Willdenowia from specimens he collected in the Fitzgerald River National Park in 1983. The specific epithet (conchifolius) means "oyster shell-leaved". Distribution and habitat
This leucopogon grows in heath in the Esperance Plains bioregion of south-western Western Australia. Conservation status
Leucopogon conchifolius ( as Styphelia conchifolia) is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. References

conchifolius
Ericales of Australia
Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1986
Taxa named by Arne Strid