| Victorian smokebush | |
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| Conospermum mitchellii at Anglesea Heath | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Conospermum |
| Species: | C. mitchellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Conospermum mitchellii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Conospermum elongatum E.M.Benn. | |
Conospermum mitchellii, commonly known as Victorian smokebush, is a shrub which is endemic to Western Victoria, Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2 metres high and has linear leaves that are 5 to 20 cm long and 0.8 to 3.5 mm wide. The flowers are bluish-grey in bud and open to white. These appear between July and December (mid winter to early summer) in its native range.[1]
The species was formally described in 1856 by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[2] The type specimen was collected during Thomas Livingston Mitchell's 1836 expedition.[1] It occurs in the Lower Glenelg National Park, Grampians National Park and near Anglesea.[3]
