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Conospermum Boreale
''Conospermum boreale'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, much-branched shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic or lance-shaped leaves, and panicles of woolly, white flowers. Description ''Conospermum boreale'' is an erect, compact shrub with many branches, that typically grows to a height of . It has egg-shaped to elliptic, or lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base long and wide with the midvein and 2 side veins more or less prominent. The flowers are woolly and white, arranged in panicles, the flowers forming a tube long. The upper lip is long, the lower lip joined for long with narrowly oblong to oblong lobes long. Flowering occurs from August to November. Taxonomy ''Conospermum boreale'' was first formally described in 1995 by Eleanor Marion Bennett in the Flora of Australia from specimens she collected south of Kalbarri in 1987. The specific epithet (''bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conospermum Boreale Habit
''Conospermum'' is a genus of about 50 species in the Family (biology), family Proteaceae that are Endemism, 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 flowers, 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 (fruit), nut usually with a fringe of hairs at it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
