Styphelia nitens

Styphelia nitens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst [Georg Pritzel] in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected in Darlington, [Western Australia|Darlington]. In 1964, Hermann [Otto Sleumer] transferred the species to Styphelia, but since the name S. nutans referred to a different species the new species was given the name S. nitens. The original specific epithet means "nodding".
Styphelia nitens is found in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.