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Conospermum stoechadis Endl. subsp. stoechadis
Common Smokebush

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed, lignotuberous shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. white-other, Jul to Dec. Sand, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 25-175 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, incurved. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers dispersed singly, white or grey, hairy; floral bracts 1.7-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4-8.5 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1.6-3 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.4-1.2 mm long, hairy. Nut 2-3.2 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Bayswater, Beverley, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Narembeen, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Stirling, Swan, Tammin, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, Westonia, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.