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Isopogon inconspicuus (Meisn.) Foreman

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:479 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low shrub, 0.15-0.8 m high. Fl. pink-purple-other, Jul to Nov. White, grey or yellow sand often with lateritic gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 January 1997
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.80 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 10-25 mm long, hairy; lamina terete, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, 0.4-0.5 mm long; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 2-3 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, pink or purple. Perianth 12-20 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 13-20 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 1-1.5 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 3-5 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan.