About Styphelia cordifolia (Lindl.) F.Muell.
Styphelia cordifolia is an erect shrub that usually grows between 0.8 and 1.5 metres (2 ft 7 in to 4 ft 11 in) tall, and has softly hairy branchlets. Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to round, between 3.5 and 7 millimetres (0.14 to 0.28 in) long and 4 to 8 millimetres (0.16 to 0.31 in) wide. The leaves curve downwards and have a short bristle at the tip. Flowers are arranged in spikes 5.5 to 8.5 millimetres (0.22 to 0.33 in) long, growing in leaf axils, with each spike holding up to three flowers. At the base of each flower are broadly egg-shaped to round bracteoles 1.8 to 2.3 millimetres (0.071 to 0.091 in) long. The sepals are egg-shaped and 3 to 5 millimetres (0.12 to 0.20 in) long. The petals are white and joined at the base to form a tube 2.8 to 4.1 millimetres (0.11 to 0.16 in) long; the petal lobes are 2.4 to 2.8 millimetres (0.094 to 0.110 in) long and covered in fine hairs on the inside. This species, commonly called heart-leaved beard-heath, grows in the woodland understorey and in heathland. It occurs in the far north-west of Victoria, the south-east of South Australia, and has a disjunct distribution in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, and Yalgoo bioregions of western Western Australia.
