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Adenanthos argyreus Diels
Little Woollybush

Reference
Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:138-139 (1904)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect,compact shrub, to 1.2 m high. Fl. red/pink, Feb or May to Dec. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy clay, gravel. Among low scrub.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 October 2007
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.4-1 m high. Leaves alternate, 6-12 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, once divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 4-5 mm long; peduncles 0.5-2.5 mm long. Perianth 14-16 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 23-28 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in February, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. 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, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Westonia, Wickepin, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.