Leucopogon affinis

Erect shrub, to c. 2 m high; branchlets glabrous to microscopically pubescent. Leaves erect or suberect, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 15–50 mm long, 3–8 mm wide, convex to flat, ± concolorous, glabrous; margins entire to serrulate toward the apex; apex acute. Flowers white, often rather sparse, 6–15 in terminal and upper-axillary spikes 1–4 cm long; bracteoles ovate, 0.6–1.5 mm long, broadly acute or obtuse, glabrous; sepals narrowly ovate, 1–1.6 mm long, acute, glabrous; corolla 3–4 mm long, lobes equal to or slightly longer than tube, acute, densely and shortly bearded within; anthers with recurved sterile tips; ovary 2- or 3-locular, glabrous, style 0.3–0.5 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 3 mm long, mostly orange-red when ripe. Flowers Aug.–Oct.