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Conospermum quadripetalum E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:486 (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

Diffuse, straggly shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. blue/white, Sep to Nov. Sandy clay, grey sand. Flats behind coastal hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1995
Image

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.30 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 130-350 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, erect. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters stalked, white or blue, hairy; floral bracts 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-6 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the lobes 2-3 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River.