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Pileanthus limacis, commonly known as coastal coppercups,[1] is a plant species of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.[2]

Coastal coppercups
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Pileanthus
Species:	P. limacis
Binomial name
Pileanthus limacis Labill.

The low spreading to prostrate shrub typically grows to a height of 0.8 metres (2.6 ft). It blooms between July and October producing white-pinkflowers.

It is found on coastal sand dunes in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of Western Australia between Shark Bay and Ashburton where it grows in sandy soils over limestone.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1806 in the work Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.[3]

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