''Leucopogon amplectens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has tube-shaped, white flowers from April to June. It was first formally described in 1921 by

Carl Hansen Ostenfeld Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld (born Carl Emil Ostenfeld-Hansen) (3 August 1873 – 16 January 1931) was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botan ...

in the journal ''Biologiske meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab'' from specimens collected near Tammin. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''amplectens'') means "embracing", referring to the leaves. ''Leucopogon amplectens'' grows in sandy soils in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as " Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government

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, meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.

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amplectens Ericales of Australia Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1921 Taxa named by Carl Hansen Ostenfeld {{Australia-asterid-stub