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Conospermum crassinervium
Also called Summer Smokebush
Tassel smokebush is a low, tufted shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown mainly for its white to grey tassel-like flower spikes that dry well for cut flowers. It is a species of the Protea family that needs good drainage and sun.
Conospermum crassinervium, commonly known as summer smokebush or tassel smokebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, tufted shrub with clustered leaves arranged at the base of the plant and corymbs of spikes of white to grey, hairy, tube-shaped flowers.
Summer smokebush is found on hill slopes and sand plain areas between Eneabba and Bullsbrook in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils often over laterite or limestone.
The plant is suitable for the production of cut flowers although the yield is low. The flowers also dry well.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conospermum crassinervium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
