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Conospermum capitatum subsp. velutinum E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:484 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, dense, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. cream/yellow & brown/red/pink, Aug to Sep. Sandy lateritic soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 July 1996

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.40 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 140-360 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, incurved or recurved. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters sessile, white, yellow or red, glabrous; floral bracts 8-11 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 15-20 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the lobes 10-12 mm long. Nut 2.5-3 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Denmark, Plantagenet.