''Conospermum teretifolium'', commonly known as the spider smokebush, is a shrub endemic to
Western Australia.
The erect and
lignotuberous shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between August and January producing cream-white flowers.
It is found along the south coast in the
South West,
Great Southern and
Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over
granite or
laterite
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
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References
Eudicots of Western Australia
teretifolium
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1810
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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