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Adenanthos glabrescens E.C.Nelson subsp. glabrescens

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

Lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-0.8 m high, leaves linear-lanceolate. Fl. pink/red, Mar to Apr or Jun to Nov. Sand, sandy clay. Often on dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 July 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-2 m high. Leaves alternate, 10-15 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 4-6 mm long; peduncles 2-3 mm long. Perianth 17-21.5 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 23-28 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.