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Isopogon adenanthoides Meisn.
Spider Coneflower

Reference
Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:69 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Jun to Oct. Sand over laterite, gravelly soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs or with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 10-25 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, tripartitely divided, entire or divided to the midrib, straight or curved, 0.5-1 mm long, with 3-4 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 3-8 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, pink. Perianth 21-25 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 20-30 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, glabrous, 3-4.5 mm long, the brush 1-1.5 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 13-15 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Moora, Three Springs, Victoria Plains.