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Adenanthos acanthophyllus A.S.George

Reference
Nuytsia 1:382 (1974)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Robust shrub, 2-3.5(-6) m high. Fl. red/pink & green, Apr to Jul or Dec. Red or orange-brown sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2-3 m high. Leaves alternate, 15-30 mm long, hairy; lamina flat, once divided or twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, shallowly divided or deeply divided, with glands on the surface of the leaf blade. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 5-7 mm long; peduncles 5-6 mm long. Perianth 26-27 mm long, hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 28-31 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in April, May, June, July or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR) or Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Northampton, Shark Bay.