Xanthoparmelia ochropulchra

Xanthoparmelia ochropulchra is a species of saxicolous, foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Southern Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected from Cape Province at an elevation of about, where it was found growing on exfoliating granitic rock outcrops amongst karoo vegetation. The lichen thallus, which is tightly attached to its rock, is soft and friable, and yellowish-green in colour. It measures in diameter, comprising somewhat irregularly shaped that are 0.6–1.4 mm wide. It contains endocrocin, an unidentified anthraquinone pigment, and a depside compound related to diffractaic acid and usnic acid.