''Leucopogon setiger'' is a shrub from eastern

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. It grows between 0.3 and 1.5 metres tall. It grows in

eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euca ...

forest on sandstone based soils, and sometimes in mallee heath in wetter areas. Most often recorded from near

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

and the Blue Mountains.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 110 This plant features delicate white bell shaped flowers. Leaves are up to 12 mm long, 2 to 4 mm wide. The fruit is in the shape of an ellipse, around 4.2 mm long. Yellowish green, dry and hairless. The specific epithet ''setiger'' is from Latin, and it refers to the “bristly”, short pointed leaves. This plant first appeared in the scientific literature in 1810, in the ''

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Novae ...

'', authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

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setiger Ericales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 1810 {{Australia-asterid-stub