Английская Википедия:Conostylis candicans
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Conostylis candicans, commonly known as grey cottonheads,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has grey foliage and bright yellow flower heads.
Description
Conostylis candicans is a perennial herb to Шаблон:Cvt high that forms a rhizome. The leaves are in loose clusters or tufted, flat, grey, narrow, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and the surface densely covered with yellowish or light, grey matted hairs. The scape is about Шаблон:Cvt long, thin, flower heads bright yellow, perianth Шаблон:Cvt long, globular shaped in bud, loosening with age, bracts Шаблон:Cvt long, fleshy, grey, covered in matted hairs. Flowering occurs from August to November.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
Conostylis candicans was first formally described in 1839 by Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher and the description was published in Novarum Stirpium Decades.[3] The specific epithet (candicans) means becoming white or whitish.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Grey cottonheads grows in sandy locations in woodland and coastal heath from Shark Bay to the Scott River in Western Australia.[2]
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