Conothamnus aureus
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| Conothamnus aureus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Conothamnus |
| Species: | C. aureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conothamnus aureus | |
Conothamnus aureus is a member of the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a spindly, straggly shrub with rigid, blunt leaves and spherical heads of golden yellow flowers resembling those of wattles.
Conothamnus aureus is a spindly, straggly shrub with many branchlets, which grows to 30–50 cm (10–20 in) high and 50–100 cm (20–40 in) wide. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, about 10 mm (0.4 in) long, 5 mm (0.2 in) wide and hairy with a single vein. The flowers are golden yellow and arranged on the ends of branchlets in spherical heads about 10 mm (0.4 in) in diameter. Its flowers differ from those in the other two species of Conothamnus in that its flowers lack petals. Flowering occurs between August and November.[2][3][4]
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