Scientific Name: Leucopogon virgatus var. brevifolius

Common Name: shortleaf beardheath

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Ericaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small, erect or spreading shrub.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.6

Flowers: White (pink in bud), in 3 to 4-flowered spikes at the ends of the branches. Leaves 2–7 mm long, ovate, not pungent.

Fruit: Drupe – small, spherical, 2 mm diameter, almost dry, greenish-black.