The ever so stunning #Conospermum stoechadis! The flowers on these are just amazing! Like Synaphea they are Ballistically pollinated, where once the pollinator lands on it it explodes pollen all over the bee!
Great to see the tree smokebush #Conospermum triplinervium in full bloom in a Bushland Forever site. This population is one of few remaining within the Perth metro area and found to be genetically distinct: www.publish.csiro.au/bt/BT07137
#UrbanBiodiversity #Proteaceae #WesternAustralia
One of the blue Conospermum, #Conospermum huegelii! This species has long scapes with a condensed head of sequentially opening flowers! One often found on granite outcrops π
From a distance it may not scream #Proteaceae, but #Conospermum flexuosum definitely is! Otherwise known as the Tangled Smokebush, this species is found on the southwest corner in winter-wet areas and granite outcrops. Itβs also named for its straggly zig-zagging inflorescences!