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Conospermum microflorum E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:485 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rounded shrub, (0.4-)0.8-2 m high. Fl. white-other, Sep to Oct. Yellow sand. Plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 July 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 40-180 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina terete, entire, erect. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers dispersed singly, white, cream or grey, hairy; floral bracts 1.3-2.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4-7 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.5-1.5 mm long, hairy. Nut 2-3 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR) or Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Greater Geraldton, Northampton, Shark Bay.