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Conospermum flexuosum

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Conospermum flexuosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. flexuosum
Binomial name
Conospermum flexuosum

Conospermum flexuosum, commonly known as the tangled smokebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub has a sprawling, tangled and flexuose habit is non-lignotuberous and typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.5 metres (0.7 to 4.9 ft). It blooms between May and October producing blue-white flowers.

It is found in sand pockets among granite outcrops, on winter-wet flat areas and along roadsides in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy clay soils.[1]

There are two subspecies:

  • Conospermum flexuosum subsp. flexuosum
  • Conospermum flexuosum subsp. laevigatum

References

  1. ^ a b "Conospermum flexuosum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.