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Adenanthos meisneri Lehm.

Reference
Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:512 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or semi-prostrate, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1.5(-2) m high. Fl. red/pink/purple/cream-purple, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb or Apr. White/grey or brown sand, gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs or prostrate shrubs, 0.40-2 m high. Leaves alternate, 10-20 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences cream, red or pink; innermost bracts 4-6 mm long; peduncles 1-1.5 mm long. Perianth 23-24 mm long, glabrous or hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 32-35 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in January, February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Mandurah, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona, West Arthur.