About Leucopogon thymifolius Lindl. ex Benth.
Leucopogon rufus, also commonly known as thyme beard-heath, is a slender shrub that typically grows up to 1.2 metres (3 feet 11 inches) tall. Its branchlets are sometimes covered with fine, soft hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to oblong, spreading, 2.5–11 mm (0.098–0.433 in) long and 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide. Both leaf surfaces are covered with fine, soft hairs, and the leaf edges are turned down. Flowers are arranged in spikes of 7 to 13, growing in upper leaf axils and at the ends of leafless branches. The spikes themselves are 7–25 mm (0.28–0.98 in) long, with egg-shaped, softly-hairy bracteoles 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) long at their base. The sepals are narrowly egg-shaped, 1.3–2.2 mm (0.051–0.087 in) long. The petals are white or pale pink, 1.6–2.5 mm (0.063–0.098 in) long, and joined at the base to form a tube; the petal lobes are slightly longer than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from September to November, and the fruit is 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. This species grows in open forest and heathy woodland, and occurs from the Grampians to nearby Pomonal in western Victoria.
