Leucopogon neoanglicus F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub to 0.8 m high; branchlets scabrous.
Leaves broad-ovate to obovate, 5.6–10.3 mm long, 2.3–4.6 mm wide; margins hyaline, minutely toothed; lamina thin, discolorous, glabrous, lower surface slightly concave and with 3 central parallel veins and others prominently diverging; petiole c. 0.3 mm long.
Flowers erect, solitary, white, sessile; bracteoles 1.8–2.9 mm long. Sepals 3.9–5 mm long. Corolla tube 5.0–7.7 mm long, internally ± pilose; lobes 3.7–4.5 mm long.
Fruit ellipsoid, c. 3.2 mm long, glabrous, reddish brown to grey-brown.
Flowering: March–October
Distribution and occurrence: North from Braidwood and the Budawang Range. Grows on rocky outcrops and ridges, usually on sandy soil.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
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