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Conospermum toddii F.Muell.
Victoria Desert Smokebush

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 10:20 (1876)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading shrub, 1.2-2 m high. Fl. white/white-yellow, Jul to Oct. Yellow sand. Sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 60-320 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, erect or sigmoid. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters stalked, white or cream, hairy; floral bracts 2-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4-7 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1-2.5 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Nut 1-2 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD) or Coolgardie (COO) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Shield.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies.