Conospermum acerosum

(Conospermum acerosum)

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Description

Conospermum acerosum, commonly known as needle-leaved smokebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia It grows as a spindly shrub, either erect or sprawling, from 0.3 to 1.7 metres (10 to 70 in) high, usually with several unbranched stems growing from the base of the plant. It has slender, needle like leaves up to 10 centimetres (4 in) long, and dense panicles of white, red or pink flowers, each about 8 millimetres (0.3 in) long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Conospermum
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