Conospermum cinereum

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Conospermum cinereum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. cinereum
Binomial name
Conospermum cinereum

Conospermum cinereum is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a spindly shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves, loose spikes of woolly, tube-shaped white flowers and woolly nuts.

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Description

Conospermum cinereum is a spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2.4 m (1 ft 8 in – 7 ft 10 in). Its leaves are ascending, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 11–63 mm (0.43–2.48 in) long and 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) wide. Its flowers are arranged in spike-like panicles longer than the leaves, on a peduncle 55–180 mm (2.2–7.1 in) long. The perianth is woolly, white and forms a tube 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long. The upper lip is 1.5–2.3 mm (0.059–0.091 in) long, the lower lip joined for 0.6–1.2 mm (0.024–0.047 in) long with lobes 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long and 0.2–0.4 mm (0.0079–0.0157 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to December and the fruit is a nut 2.2–2.7 mm (0.087–0.106 in) long and 2.2–2.4 mm (0.087–0.094 in) wide with woolly, orange-brown hairs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Conospermum cinereum was first formally described in 1995 by Eleanor Marion Bennett in the Flora of Australia from specimens she collected in 1985 near Toolibin Lake. [3] [4]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Conospermum grows in sandy soil between Toolibin, Kellerberrin and the Stirling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Conospermum cinereum is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. "Conospermum cinereum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Conospermum cinereum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 Bennett, Eleanor M. "Conospermum cinereum". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. "Conospermum cinereum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 July 2024.