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Conospermum caeruleum subsp. marginatum (Meisn.) E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:483 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Semi-prostrate, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-0.9 m high. Fl. blue, Jul to Oct. Grey peaty sand. Low winter-wet areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.50 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 30-130 mm long, 4-20 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle or 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 2.5-5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-8 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 2.5-5 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Nut 2-2.3 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Nannup, Williams.