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Adenanthos barbiger Lindl.

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 36 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. red, Feb or Jul to Dec. Laterite, gravel, sand, sandy clay. Jarrah forest.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 September 1999
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.2-1 m high. Leaves alternate, 25-95 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, entire, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 6-7 mm long; peduncles 3-4 mm long. Perianth 30-35 mm long, hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 37-40 mm long, pollen presenter distinctly flattened, style hairy. Flowers in February, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Hampton (HAM), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Busselton, Capel, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, Waroona.