Conostephium drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in). It is a variable species with multi-coloured flowers from March to July or from November to December.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Conostephium |
| Species: | C. drummondii
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| Conostephium drummondii | |
The species was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev who gave it the name Conostephiopsis drummondii in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[4][5] In 1931 Charles Gardner changed the name to Conostephium drummondii in his Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis.[6] The specific epithet (drummondii) honours the collectors of the type specimens.[7]
Conostephium drummondii grows in a wide variety of habitats near the south coast and central southern parts of the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3] It is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Conostephium drummondii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ a b Hislop, Michael (2013). "A taxonomic update of Conostephium". Nuytsia. 23: 331–332. doi:10.58828/nuy00680.
- ^ a b c "Conostephium drummondii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Conostephiopsis drummondii". APNI. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Sheglejev, Sergei Sergeyevich (1859). "Descriptio Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 32 (1): 6–7. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Conostephium drummondii". APNI. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780958034180.