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Isopogon scabriusculus subsp. stenophyllus Foreman

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:480 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, many-branched shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-purple/red, Jul to Oct. Sandy soils, often with lateritic gravel, deep yellow sand. Undulating sandplains, lateritic ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 50-150 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex pungent, 1.8-2.3 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, pink. Perianth 12-14 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 12-16 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 3.5-5 mm long, the brush 1.5-2 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Moora, Narembeen, Perenjori, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.