CONOSPERMUM STOECHADIS SUBSP. SCLEROPHYLLUM

'''Conospermum stoechadis'' subsp. ''sclerophyllum''' is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

Contents

Description

Taxonomy

Distribution and habitat

Ecology

References

Description

As with other forms of ''C. stoechadis'', it grows as an erect, multi-stemmed shrub, with a lignotuber. It has slender needle-like leaves from two to 17 centimetres long and 0.6 to 2.25 millimetres wide, and panicles of white flowers.^[1][2] This subspecies grows to a height of from 0.3 to 1.5 metres, rarely to 2.5 metres, and has tomentose, grey leaves.^[3][4]

Taxonomy

It was first published at species rank as ''Conospermum sclerophyllum'', in John Lindley's 1839 ''A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony'', based on unspecified material.^[5] In 1995, Eleanor Bennett demoted it to a subspecies of ''C. stoechadis'' in her treatment of ''Conospermum'' for the ''Flora of Australia'' series of monographs.^[6][7]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs on sandplains of white, grey or yellow sand, or amongst laterite. It extends from Jurien Bay, east to Kulin, and south as far as Wickepin.

Ecology

It is not considered threatened.

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