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Adenanthos apiculatus R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 9 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, spreading shrub, 0.1-0.5 m high, often to 2 m wide. Fl. cream-white/yellow-cream/green-yellow, Jul to Dec or Jan. Sand, sandy loam, gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 July 1995

Scientific Description

Prostrate shrubs, 0.5-1 m high. Leaves alternate, 5-40 mm long, hairy or glabrous; lamina terete, once divided or twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences white or cream; innermost bracts 3-4 mm long; peduncles 1.5-3 mm long. Perianth 10-13 mm long, hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 23-24 mm long, pollen presenter distinctly flattened, style glabrous. Flowers in January, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet.