Blue smokebush
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Conospermum
Species:
C. amoenum
Binomial name
Conospermum amoenum

Conospermum amoenum, commonly known as blue smokebush,[1] is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1.0 to 3.3 ft) high. It blooms between July and October producing blue-white flowers.

It is found on ironstone hills and uplands in the southern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy to sandy clay soils often containing lateritic gravel.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meisner in 1845 in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work, Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae.[2] Synonyms include Conospermum suaveolensis, Conospermum suaveolente and Conospermum suaveolens.[2]

There are two recognised subspecies:

References

  1. ^ a b "Conospermum amoenum Meisn". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ a b "Conospermum amoenum Meisn". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Conospermum amoenum subsp. cuneatum E.M.Benn". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.


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