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Conospermum crassinervium Meisn.
Summer Smokebush

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:317 (1856)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-1.5 m high. Fl. white, Oct to Dec or Jan to Apr. White, grey, yellow or brown sand, over laterite or limestone. Hillslopes, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 50-390 mm long, 3-15 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, erect. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers dispersed singly, white, hairy; floral bracts 5-9 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-8 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1-1.5 mm long, hairy; lower lip 1-1.5 mm long, hairy. Nut 2.5-3 mm long. Flowers in January, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Moora, Swan, Waroona.