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Conostephium
''Conostephium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The name of the genus comes from Greek words, ''conos'', "cone" and ''stephanos'', "that which encircles, a crown or wreath", referring to the petal tube that encloses the stamens. Description Plants in the genus ''Conostephium'' are small evergreen shrubs with small to medium-sized simple leaves. The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves, have 5 sepals, 5 corolla petals joined at their bases into a long corolla tube, and 5 stamens. The fruit is a more or less fleshy drupe. Taxonomy The genus was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham, and the first species described was '' C. pendulum''. There are 12 species in the genus, 4 having been added recently. The most distinctive features of the genus are the corolla tube which is conical in the upper half, the tiny corolla lobes and very long anthers which are fully enclosed within th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conostephium Minus
''Conostephium minus'', common name pink-tipped pearl flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the Southwest Australia, southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and white and purplish-pink flowers. Description ''Conostephium minus'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are linear, long with the edges rolled under and a small point on the tip. The flowers are about long, each flower on a Peduncle (botany), peduncle about long with several bracts and Bract#Bracteole, bracteoles almost as long as the sepals. The sepals are white, the longest ones long and the petals purplish-pink and joined at the base with lobes long. The upper half of the Ovary (botany), ovary is softly-hairy, the stamens attached near the middle of the petal tube. Flowering occurs from August to October. This species is similar to ''Conostephium magnum, C. magnum'', but that species has longer sepals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
