Conospermum taxifolium

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Variable smoke-bush
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. taxifolium
Binomial name
Conospermum taxifolium
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Conospermum affine Schult. & Schult.f.
    • Conospermum falcifolium Knight
    • Conospermum lanceolatum R.Br.
    • Conospermum lavandulifolium A.Cunn. ex Meisn.
    • Conospermum linifoliumA.Cunn. ex Meisn.
    • Conospermum propinquumR.Br.
    • Conospermum spicatumR.Br.
    • Conospermum taxifolium Sm. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
    • Conospermum taxifolium var. browniiMeisn.
    • Conospermum taxifolium var. lanceolatum(R.Br.) Benth.
    • Conospermum taxifolium var. lavandulifolium(A.Cunn. ex Meisn.) Domin
    • Conospermum taxifolium var. linifolium(A.Cunn. ex Meisn.) Benth.
    • Conospermum taxifolium var. smithiiMeisn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
    • Conospermum taxifoliumC.F.Gaertn. var. taxifolium
Habit in Sherwood Nature Reserve Conospermum taxifolium habit.jpg
Habit in Sherwood Nature Reserve

Conospermum taxifolium, commonly known as variable smoke-bush, yew-leaf smoke bush or paint brush, [2] is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrow elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and panicles of cream-coloured to white, tube-shaped flowers.

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Description

Conospermum taxifolium is an erect shrub with rod-like branches and that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). It has spreading to erect, twisted narrow elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in panicles 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide on the ends of branches or in leaf axils, on peduncles 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long. The flowers are sessile with a bluish bract about 3 mm (0.12 in) long at the base. The flowers are tube-shaped with white to cream-coloured tepals 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long and hairy on the outside. The upper lip of the flower is sac-like and the lower lip has three lobes. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a hairy nut 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Conospermum taxifolium was first formally described in 1807 by Karl Friedrich von Gaertner in Joseph Gaertner's book, Supplementum Carpologicae . [5] [6]

Distribution and habitat

Variable smoke-bush grows in heath and woodland on the coast and nearby ranges, sometimes further inland, and is widespread from southern Queensland through eastern New South Wales to the far eastern corner of Victoria. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Conospermum taxifolium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Mackay, D. "Conospermum taxifolium". Royal Botanic Garden. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 Bennett, Eleanor Marion. "Conospermum taxifolium". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 Jeanes, Jeff A. "Conospermum taxifolium". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. "Conospermum taxifolium". APNI. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. Gärtner, Carl Friedrich von; Gaertner, Joseph (ed.) (1807). Supplementum carpologiae : seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner de Fructibus et seminibus plantarum. Leipzig: Sumtibus Carol. Frid. Enoch Richter Bibliopolae Lipsiensis,1807. p. 199. Retrieved 27 October 2020.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)