Conospermum flexuosum
| Conospermum flexuosum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Conospermum |
| Species: | C. flexuosum
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| 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Conospermum flexuosum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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