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Conospermum caeruleum subsp. contortum E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:483 (1995)
Conservation Code
Presumed Extinct
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to straggly, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. blue/pink.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 July 1996

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.50 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 200-270 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, erect. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters stalked, pink or blue, hairy; floral bracts 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-8 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 4-5.2 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Nut 2-2.3 mm long. Flowers in October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Presumed Extinct (X).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Nannup.