Xanthoparmelia ochropulchra is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), 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 0.6âÂÂ1.4 mm wide. It contains endocrocin, an unidentified anthraquinone pigment, and a depside compound related to diffractaic acid and usnic acid.