Conospermum filifolium

Conospermum filifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Conospermum
Species: C. filifolium
Binomial name
Conospermum filifolium

Conospermum filifolium is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.5 metres (0.7 to 4.9 ft). It blooms between July and December producing white-blue flowers.

It is found on sand plain areas in the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy to clay soils often over laterite.[1]

There are two subspecies:

  • Conospermum filifolium subsp. australe
  • Conospermum filifolium subsp. filifolium

References

  1. 1 2 "Conospermum filifolium". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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