Conospermum bracteosum Meisn.
- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. 1:518-519 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spindly, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1.1 m high. Fl. white/other, Sep to Nov. White or grey sand, often over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 10-25 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire, erect. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers dispersed singly, white, cream or grey, hairy; floral bracts 5-7 mm long, hairy. Perianth 6-10 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1.2-3 mm long, hairy; lower lip 1.2-3 mm long, hairy. Nut 2-3 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broomehill-Tambellup, Corrigin, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, Wickepin.