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Adenanthos cygnorum Diels subsp. cygnorum
Common Woollybush

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, diffuse, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.8-4 m high. Fl. white-cream-green/green & pink, Jul to Dec. Sand, clay, gravel, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 July 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2 m high. Leaves alternate, 15-35 mm long, hairy; lamina terete, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences yellow or red; innermost bracts 3-4 mm long; peduncles 1.5-2 mm long. Perianth 20-23 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 26-32 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Belmont, Beverley, Boddington, Brookton, Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Coorow, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalamunda, Katanning, Kulin, Kwinana, Melville, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Pingelly, Quairading, Rockingham, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Vincent, Wagin, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling, York.