This is an Australian native shrub, that’s endemic to the eastern side of the country, in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. The name Leucopogon comes from two Greek words, leuco that means white and pogon that means beard, that refers to the flowers. The second part of the name is juniperinus refers the leaves that look like a juniper.

This is a small shrub that reaches 1m tall. It is commonly found as an under storey species in dry and wet schlerophyll forest and woodland, so likes dappled shade. It appears on a range of soils, especially clay. The leaves are oblong, small, crowded, narrow and concave underneath to 10mm long by 2mm wide. The flowers are solitary and tubular in shape, appearing from the leaf axils. They are slightly hairy inside. Flowers appear from June to October and are followed by a drupe that turns yellow when mature.

I grow one of these in a pot at home. I put it into an Australian native potting mix that was formulated specifically for plants native to Australia, where soil tends to be poor and lacks phosphorus. Since I did this in August 2022, it has done nothing but grow and is also flowering (July 2023).