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Conospermum galeatum E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:485 (1995)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Open shrub, ca 0.9 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Sep. Yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 30-60 mm long, 0.2-0.8 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, incurved. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers dispersed singly, white, hairy; floral bracts 2.5-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 6-10 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1-1.5 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.5-1 mm long, hairy. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Kellerberrin, Quairading, Tammin.