About Styphelia leptospermoides (R.Br.) Spreng.
Styphelia leptospermoides (R.Br.) Spreng. is an erect, bushy shrub that typically reaches 0.6 to 1 metre (2 feet 0 inches to 3 feet 3 inches) in height, and has softly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are more or less erect, ranging in shape from elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end at the base, or oblong. The leaves measure 8.5 to 12 millimetres (0.33 to 0.47 inches) long and 1.5 to 2.2 millimetres (0.059 to 0.087 inches) wide, and grow from a petiole 0.3 to 0.4 millimetres (0.012 to 0.016 inches) long. The leaves are hairless, and their lower surface has fine parallel striations. Flowers are borne singly in the axils of upper leaves, with white bracteoles 1.2 to 1.9 millimetres (0.047 to 0.075 inches) long at their base. Sepals are 2.3 to 3.1 millimetres (0.091 to 0.122 inches) long. The petals are joined at the base to form a tube 1.6 to 2.4 millimetres (0.063 to 0.094 inches) long, with lobes 1.2 to 2.8 millimetres (0.047 to 0.110 inches) long. Flowering occurs mainly from September to November. The fruit is a hairless, oval drupe 3.3 to 4.0 millimetres (0.13 to 0.16 inches) long. This species grows in coastal heath and open woodland, occurring from Queensland south as far as Hawks Nest on the north coast of New South Wales.
