Conospermum mitchellii, commonly known as Victorian smokebush is a shrub which is endemic to Western Victoria, Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2 metres high and has linear leaves that are 5 to 20 cm long and 0.8 to 3.5 mm wide. The flowers are bluish-grey in bud and open to white. These appear between July and December (mid winter to early summer) in its native range.[1]

Victorian smokebush
Conospermum mitchellii at Anglesea Heath
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Conospermum
Species:	C. mitchellii
Binomial name
Conospermum mitchellii Meisn.
Synonyms
Conospermum elongatum E.M.Benn.

The species was formally described in 1856 by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[2] The type specimen was collected during Thomas Livingston Mitchell's 1836 expedition.[1] It occurs in the Lower Glenelg National Park, Grampians National Park and near Anglesea.[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Conospermum mitchellii at Wikimedia Commons
• Herbarium specimen at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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