Conospermum mitchellii

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Victorian smokebush
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Conospermum mitchellii at Anglesea Heath
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. mitchellii
Binomial name
Conospermum mitchellii
Synonyms
  • Conospermum elongatumE.M.Benn.
  • Conospermum mitchellii var. ? dallachiiMeisn.
  • Conospermum mitchelliiMeisn. var. mitchellii
  • Conospermum sp. (Grampians)

Conospermum mitchellii, commonly known as Victorian smokebush, [2] is a species of flowering plant of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the western half of Victoria. It is an erect shrub with crowded, linear leaves, panicles of white, blue or lilac flowers and orange or reddish brown nuts.

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Description

Conospermum mitchellii is a multistemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has its branches covered with silky hairs. The leaves are crowded, linear, 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long, 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) wide and erect. The flowers are arranged in panicles that are longer than the leaves, on a peduncle 45–185 mm (1.8–7.3 in) long with egg-shaped to lance-shaped bracteoles 2.5–4.5 mm (0.098–0.177 in) long and 1.0–2.8 mm (0.039–0.110 in) wide. The perianth is white, blue or lilac, forming a tube 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The upper lip is egg-shaped, 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long and 1.8–3.0 mm (0.071–0.118 in) wide, the lower lip joined for 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) with narrowly oblong to oblong lobes 1.5–2.3 mm (0.059–0.091 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. Flowering occurs from July to December, and the fruit is a hairy nut about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, 2.1 mm (0.083 in) wide, with a reddish brown base. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Conospermum mitchellii was first formally described in 1856 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis , from a specimen collected during Thomas Mitchell's 1836 expedition. [4] [5]

Distribution and habitat

Victorian smokebush grows in heath and heathy woodland on sandy soils in the Grampians National Park, Lower Glenelg National Park and near Anglesea, mostly in western Victoria. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Jeanes, Jeff A. "Conospermum mitchellii". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 Bennett, Eleanor M. "Conospermum mitchellii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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  5. Meissner, Carl (1856). de Candolle, Augustin P. (ed.). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. pp. 320–321. Retrieved 1 October 2024.