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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Leucopogon virgatus 1 synonym: Choristemon humilis |
| Common Name: | common beard heath |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bird Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | The berries can be eaten.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Sandy, Infertile, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | up to 50 cm high |
| Foliage: | Erect, concave, lance-shaped leaves ending in a sharp point. |
| Flowers: | Flowers are white from June to October. Small dense spikes of fragrant densely bearded, bell-shaped flowers, crowded in axils near the ends of branchlets. |
| General Comments: | Erect wiry shrub. Birds like the berries as did the aboriginals. Tolerates hard pruning. Well drained infertile or sandy soils in heathlands and light open forests. Frost and snow tolerant. |
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