Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A slender erect shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: Small cream to white tubular, irregularly lobed, 3mm diameter and 6-8mm long in terminal panicles.
Flowering: August-November.
Fruit: A tiny nut 2-3mm long with a fringe of silky hairs.
Leaves: Alternate, flat, elliptic to obovate, erect, crowded, 5-25mm long and 3-8mm wide.
Habitat: Sandy soils in damp coastal heathland.
Features: Tiny cream to white tubular flowers in terminal clusters. Elliptic leaves.
Name:
Conospermum
From Latin = cone-seed (referring to the tufts of hair on its seeds)
ellipticum From Latin = elliptical (referring to the shape of its leaves)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Few |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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