Conospermum croniniae

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Conospermum croniniae
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. croniniae
Binomial name
Conospermum croniniae
Habit near Kulin Conospermum croniniae habit.jpg
Habit near Kulin

Conospermum croniniae is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with spreading cylindrical leaves and spikes of up to 6 pale blue or pink, tube-shaped, hairy flowers.

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Description

Conospermum croniniae is an open shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 90 cm (35 in). It has spreading, cylindrical leaves 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long, 0.3–0.5 mm (0.012–0.020 in) wide on the stems and Δ-shaped flower leaves that are 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide on the flowering spikes. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils in a spike of up to 6 on a woolly hairy peduncle 2.5–9 mm (0.098–0.354 in) long. The bracteoles are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.5–2.25 mm (0.059–0.089 in) long and 2.0–3.2 mm (0.079–0.126 in) wide, and hairy. The perianth is pale blue or pink, forming a tube 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long. The upper lobe is 1.25–2.0 mm (0.049–0.079 in) long and 1.5–1.75 mm (0.059–0.069 in) wide, the lower lip joined for 0.5–0.75 mm (0.020–0.030 in) long with lobes 0.6–0.75 mm (0.024–0.030 in) long and 0.3–0.5 mm (0.012–0.020 in) wide. Flowering occurs in May or in September and October and the fruit is a nut about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and 2.25 mm (0.089 in) wide with silky white hairs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Conospermum croniniae was first formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. [4] [5] The specific epithet (croniniae) honours the plant collector, Mary Ann Cronin. [6]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Conospermum grows in open to dense scrub on hill slopes and winter-wet flats between Pingelly, Lake King and Kondinin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [3] [2]

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References

  1. "Conospermum croniniae". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Conospermum croniniae". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Bennett, Edith M. "Conospermum croniniae". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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  5. Diels, Friedrich L. (1904). Diels, Friedrich L.; Pritzel, Ernst G. (eds.). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (1): 143. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  6. George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 173. ISBN   9780958034180.