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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Leucopogon virgatus 
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.

Further
Information:
  1. Yarra Ranges Council 
  2. VICFLORA 


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