Conostephium preissii

Meaning of name:

Conostephium comes from the Greek words conos, meaning cone, and stephanos, meaning that which encircles, a crown or wreath. Preissii honours Johann August Ludwig Preiss (1811 – 1883) who collected more than 2,700 species from Western Australia.

Distribution:

Occurs in the south west of Western Australia.

Description:

A shrub to 1.5 metres tall. The pendulous flowers are white with a purple tip and produced all year.

Notes:

Conostephium preissii differs from Conostephium pendulum in having smaller flowers, being a larger plant and flowering for a longer period.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2888982

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6349