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Conospermum capitatum subsp. glabratum E.M.Benn.

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:483 (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, Aug or Oct to Dec. Lateritic soils, sand, sandy clay. Flats, gentle slopes, low-lying areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 July 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.40 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 200-360 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, glabrous; 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 10-13 mm long. Nut 2.5-3 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Busselton, Collie, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Nannup, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin.