''Conospermum capitatum'' is a shrub endemic to
Western Australia.
The erect non-lignotuberous shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between August and December producing cream-yellow and brown-red flowers.
It is found on hill slopes and winter-wet flat areas in the
Wheatbelt,
Peel
Peel or Peeling may refer to:
Places Australia
* Peel (Western Australia)
* Peel Island, Queensland
*Peel, New South Wales
* Peel River (New South Wales)
Canada
* Peel Parish, New Brunswick
* Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated communi ...
,
South West and
Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loamy and clay soils often over
laterite
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
.
[
There are two ]subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
:
* ''Conospermum capitatum'' subsp. ''glabratum''
* ''Conospermum capitatum'' subsp. ''velutinum''
References
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Eudicots of Western Australia
capitatum
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1810
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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