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Conospermum spectabile E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:486 (1995)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, compact shrub, 0.5-0.8 m high. Fl. white & blue, Oct to Nov. Sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 10-20 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, entire, incurved or sigmoid. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers dispersed singly, white or blue, glabrous; floral bracts 3.5-7 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 7-10 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1-2 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 0.2-0.5 mm long, hairy. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup.