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Conospermum Distichum Habit
''Conospermum'' is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae that are endemic to Australia. Members of the genus are known as smokebushes - from a distance, their wispy heads of blue or grey flowers resemble puffs of smoke. They have an unusual pollination method that sometimes leads to the death of visiting insects. They are found in all Australian states, though most occur only in Western Australia. Smokebushes are rarely cultivated, though the flowers of several Western Australian species are harvested for the cut flower industry. Description ''Conospermum'' species are shrubs or small trees ranging in height from to . The leaves are usually simple, linear or egg-shaped and have margins without teeth. The flowers have both male and female parts, are arranged in heads or spikes of a few to many flowers and are white pink, blue, grey or cream-coloured. The fruit is a small nut usually with a fringe of hairs at its base. Taxonomy and naming The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conospermum Ericifolium
''Conospermum ericifolium'' is a flowering plant of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with linear leaves, panicles of cream-coloured to white flowers and hairy, golden nuts. Description ''Conospermum ericifolium'' is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of , sometimes to and has long, thin branches. The flowers are arranged in panicles of head-like spikes or in dense spikes, on hairy peduncles long. The bracteoles are long and wide. The perianth is cream-coloured to white forming a tube long. The upper lip is sac-like, long and wide, the lower lip joined for with lobes long and wide. Flowering in spring, and the fruit is a nut long with golden hairs. Taxonomy ''Conospermum ericifolium'' was first formally described in 1808 by James Edward Smith in Abraham Rees's Cyclopædia from specimens collected by John White. The specific epithet (''ericifolium'') refers to the similarity of the leaves to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |