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Adenanthos dobagii E.C.Nelson
Fitzgerald Woollybush

Reference
Brunonia 1:334-336 (1978)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading, diffuse shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. cream/pink, Aug to Nov or Jan. Sand, gravelly sandy clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 July 1995
Image

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.30-1.5 m high. Leaves alternate, 10-20 mm long, 3-7 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences yellow, red or pink; innermost bracts 3-3.5 mm long; peduncles 1.5-2 mm long. Perianth 10-12 mm long, hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 24-25 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style hairy. Flowers in January, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ravensthorpe.