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Conospermum petiolare R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 11 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Densely branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. cream-orange-yellow-brown/pink, Oct to Dec or Jan to Mar. White or yellow sand over granite or quartzite, gravel, black peaty sand. Rocky slopes, winter-wet areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 100-360 mm long, 3-15 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, erect. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters sessile, cream, yellow, orange or pink, hairy; floral bracts 6-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 15-30 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 11-23 mm long, hairy; lower lip 10-22 mm long, hairy. Nut 2-2.5 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.