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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Adenanthos sp. Whicher Range (G.J. Keighery 9736)

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-1 m high. Leaves alternate, 15-40 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle or clearly widest above the middle, entire, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 5-6 mm long; peduncles 5-7 mm long. Perianth 26-32 mm long, hairy; ovary hairy or glabrous; pistil 39-42 mm long, pollen presenter distinctly flattened, style hairy. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Capel, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Manjimup, Nannup.