''Conostephium drummondii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . It is a variable species with multi-coloured flowers from March to July or from November to December. The species was first formally described in 1859 by

Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev Sergei Sergeyevich Shchegléiev (or Shchegleev, Stchegleev, Stschegleew) (transliteration from Cyrillic: Серге́й Серге́евич Щегле́ев) (1820 - 1859) was a Russian botanist, Ph.D. in botany, and associate professor at the D ...

who gave it the name ''Conostephiopsis drummondii'' in the ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' from specimens collected by James Drummond. In 1931 Charles Gardner changed the name to ''Conostephium drummondii'' in his ''Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis''. The

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(''drummondii'') honours the collectors of the

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specimens. ''Conostephium drummondii'' grows in a wide variety of habitats near the south coast and central southern parts of the Coolgardie,

Esperance Plains Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordered to the north by the Mallee region. It is ...

and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. It is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15373554 drummondii Eudicots of Western Australia Ericales of Australia Endemic flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1859