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Adenanthos stictus A.S.George

Reference
Nuytsia 1:384-385 (1974)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1.5-5 m high. Fl. red/pink-red, May to Jun or Aug to Nov. Yellow sand, sandy loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 July 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-5 m high. Leaves alternate, 15-35 mm long, 7-30 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, divided only at the apex, shallowly divided, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex or on the surface of the leaf blade. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 4-8 mm long; peduncles 7-15 mm long. Perianth 26-28 mm long, glabrous or hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 30-34 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style hairy. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Moora, Three Springs.