Biology:Conospermum filifolium

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Short description: Species of Australian shrub in the family Proteaceae

Conospermum filifolium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. filifolium
Binomial name
Conospermum filifolium
Meisn.

Conospermum filifolium is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.5 metres (0.7 to 4.9 ft). It blooms between July and December producing white-blue flowers.

It is found on sand plain areas in the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy to clay soils often over laterite.[1]

There are two subspecies:

  • Conospermum filifolium subsp. australe
  • Conospermum filifolium subsp. filifolium

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15574507 entry