Slender Smoke-bush (Conospermum Patens) is a perennial shrub in the Proteaceae family with easy care difficulty. It requires drought-tolerant watering and full sun light in USDA hardiness zones 9-11. This plant is safe for cats and dogs.

Conospermum patens is an erect shrub native to southeastern Australia, typically growing up to about 1 meter tall with crowded linear to spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of densely hairy white, bluish-grey, or purplish flowers.