Conostephium prolatum

About

Conostephium prolatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub usually with narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly triangular leaves with the narrower end toward the base, and more or less pendulous, spindle-shaped, cream to straw-coloured and dark purple flowers.

How to spot it

Conostephium prolatum is an erect shrub that typically grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high and wide, and has many branches from near its base. The leaves are narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly triangular with the narrower end toward the base, sometimes linear, 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) long and 1.8–4.2 mm (0.071–0.165 in) wide on a petiole 0.8–1.3 mm (0.031–0.051 in) long. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and shiny, the lower surface more or less glabrous but paler. The flowers are more or le

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Fitzgerald River National Park — Perth & the Perth Hills hikes